Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum ochrocephalum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name whitewoolly buckwheat. It is native to the Great Basin of the United States, where it grows in local habitat such as sagebrush. It is a perennial herb forming a thick clump or mat covered in clusters of woolly lance-shaped to oval leaves. The inflorescences arise on erect scapes and bear many tiny yellow flowers in a rounded cluster.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Water

Low, Very Low

Plant communities

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 23 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

Bramble Hairstreak

Callophrys dumetorum