Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum nummulare is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common names Kearney's buckwheat and money buckwheat. It is native to the Great Basin of the United States from California to Utah, where it grows on sandy slopes and plateaus. This is a shrub reaching heights of anywhere from 30 centimeters to one meter and sprawling up to one and a half meters in width. It forms a pale green patch of woolly leaves at its base and produces a branching inflorescence which may have leaves on its thin stems. At each node along the inflorescence is a cluster of tiny flowers, which are usually white.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

6 - 12 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White

Water

Low, Very Low

Plant communities

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 25 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Sonoran Metalmark

Apodemia mejicanus

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus