Carried by 1 nurseries
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Eriogonum ovalifolium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name cushion buckwheat. It is native to western North America from California to Alberta, where it is a member of many plant communities in varied habitats. There are many varieties of this species but in general it is a tough perennial herb which forms mats in gravelly soil or amongst rocks and produces erect flower clusters up to 35 centimeters in height. The pale green to gray leaves at the base of the plant are rounded and woolly and have petioles. The clumps of flowers are yellow, light red or pink, purple, or white.
Perennial herb
1 ft Tall
Yellow
Containers
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Moderate
Fast
For propagating by seed: No treatment. Germinate outdoors in cold weather.
Dry sand or gravel
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Northern Juniper Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Sagebrush Scrub, Subalpine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
3 confirmed and 35 likely
Square-spotted Blue
Euphilotes battoides
Bauer's Dotted-Blue
Euphilotes baueri
Glaucon Blue
Euphilotes glaucon
Sonoran Metalmark
Apodemia mejicanus