Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

1 - 3 ft Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Granitic sand

Plant communities

Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

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