Carried by 1 nurseries
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Eriogonum sphaerocephalum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name rock buckwheat. It is native to the western United States from northeastern California to Idaho, where it is a common member of several habitat types, such as sagebrush. This is a small shrub or subshrub up to half a meter tall and wide, growing from a caudex and producing erect flowering stems. The woolly leaves are widely lance-shaped to somewhat oval and 1 to 4 centimeters long, and form basal rosettes around the caudex. The flower cluster arises on a stalk and bears many yellow flowers in a head-like cluster or umbel.
Perennial herb
1 - 2 ft Tall
Mounding
Slow
Yellow, Cream, Pink, White
Spring
Partial Shade
Low, Very Low
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
Northern Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 23 likely