Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum ternatum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name ternate buckwheat. It is native to mountain ranges of northern California and southern Oregon, where it grows in the serpentine soil of the forests. This is a perennial herb forming mats up to half a meter wide with rosetted clusters of oval to rounded woolly leaves each about a centimeter long. The flower cluster arises on a flowering stem and bears an umbel of bright yellow flowers.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 12 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 6*, 7*, 14, 15*, 16*, 18*

Site type

Rocky outcrops

Plant communities

Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 14 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Aroga paraplutella