Spreading Buckwheat

Eriogonum effusum Nutt. - Buckwheat family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 24 inches

Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Honey Bees; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Spreading Buckwheat: Hemileuca hera magnifica, Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Native Range

USA: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming

Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.