Carried by 1 nurseries
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Eriogonum davidsonii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Davidson's buckwheat. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Baja California, where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils in a variety of habitats. It is a spindly annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters in height. The fuzzy leaves are located at the base of the plant and are one or two centimeters wide and round with wavy or wrinkly margins. It is variable in appearance, but is generally erect with thin, naked, neatly branching stems bearing clusters of tiny flowers at widely-spaced nodes. Each flower is about 2 millimeters wide, bell-shaped, and usually pink.
Annual herb
4 - 16 in Tall
Cream, Pink, White
Summer, Fall
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Moderate
1, 2, 3, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Volcanic or granitic soils
Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 46 likely
Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
Sonoran Metalmark
Apodemia mejicanus
Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti