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Eriogonum molestum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name pineland buckwheat. It is endemic to southern California, where it grows in the Transverse Ranges of Ventura County to the Peninsular Ranges of San Diego County. It is an annual herb producing a slender, erect, hairless flowering stem up to a meter tall. The woolly, rounded to oblong leaves are located around the base of the stem. The branches of the flower cluster produce many small clusters of tiny white to pinkish flowers.
Annual herb
1 - 3 ft Tall
Cream, Pink, White
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Fast
Granitic sand
Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 46 likely
Sonoran Metalmark
Apodemia mejicanus
Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana