Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum vimineum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name wickerstem buckwheat. It is native to the northwestern United States where it is common to abundant in many types of habitat. It is a slender annual herb producing flowering stems up to about 30 centimeters tall surrounded at the bases by rosettes of rounded to oval leaves. The flower cluster is a wide open array of branches lined with clusters of pink to yellowish or white flowers striped with darker midribs.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 12 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Flowering season

Summer

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Ease of care

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 4, 5, 6*, 7*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18

Site type

Volcanic or granite sand or gravel

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 46 likely

Confirmed Likely

Sonoran Metalmark

Apodemia mejicanus

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana