Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum thomasii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Thurber's buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of North America in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Northwest Mexico where it is common to abundant in many areas. It is a thin annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall, with a basal rosette of rounded to oval leaves around the stem. It is a thin annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall, with a basal rosette of rounded to oval leaves around the stem. The inflorescence is an open array of stem branches bearing clusters of tiny white to pink flowers.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 16 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White

Water

Low, Very Low

Plant communities

Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 44 likely

Confirmed Likely

Sonoran Metalmark

Apodemia mejicanus

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana