Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum nervulosum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Snow Mountain buckwheat. This uncommon plant is endemic to the inland North Coast Ranges of California, where it is known from only a handful of occurrences, most of which are in Lake County. It is named for Snow Mountain, a local peak. In the wild the plant grows in serpentine soils in its native mountains. This is a low perennial herb forming mats of rounded leaves with woolly undersides. It produces erect inflorescences no taller than 15 centimeters, which bear rounded clusters of pale yellow to dark pink flowers. It is sometimes successfully cultivated in rock gardens.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

0.8 - 6 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Water

Low, Very Low

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 11 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus