Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum douglasii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Douglas' buckwheat. It is native to the western United States, including the Pacific Northwest and part of the Great Basin. This plant forms a mat of hairy herbage around a caudex. There are rosettes of lance-shaped to oval leaves with blades 0. 4 to nearly 2 centimeters long. The leaves are feltlike, covered in woolly hairs. The inflorescence arises on a solid, erect flowering stem up to 15 centimeters tall with a whorl of bracts midway up. It is a headlike cluster of cream, yellowish, or rose-pink flowers with protruding stamens.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 6 in Tall

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Color

Cream

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Sandy or gravel places

Plant communities

Northern Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 24 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Aroga paraplutella

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

Sheridan's Hairstreak

Callophrys sheridanii