Eriogonum tomentosum
wild buckwheat
Polygonaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
flower
Size:
1.5-3 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide
Life Span:
short-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
winter dormant
Noted For:
Showy Flowers
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Wildflower garden. When not flowering, the plant is a low-growing rosette of leaves that are white on the bottom. It flowers in the fall.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Somewhat moist, no flooding ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators
Attracts bees and other pollinators. Does not attract many butterflies.
Native Habitats:
Sandhill, scrubby sandhill, disturbed sandhill, xeric roadsides in areas of sandhill soils.
