Carried by 2 nurseries
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Eriogonum saxatile is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name hoary buckwheat. It is native to the dry, rocky mountain slopes of California and Nevada, where it is a common plant. It is also cultivated as a low-maintenance rock garden plant. This is a variable perennial which may be a spindly 10 centimeters in height or a bushy 40 centimeters. The rounded or scoop-shaped leaves appear in a mat on the ground, each up to 2 or 3 centimeters wide at maximum, and densely woolly. The stout, woolly flower cluster branches and produces flower clusters at nodes. The flowers are generally red or pale yellow.
Perennial herb
4 - 8 in Tall
Cream, Pink, White, Red
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Moderate
1, 2, 3, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Decomposed granite or volcanic rocks
Joshua Tree Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 44 likely
Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
Sonoran Metalmark
Apodemia mejicanus
Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti