Alpine Golden Buckwheat

Eriogonum flavum Nutt. - Buckwheat family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 8 inches

Plant Type: Subshrub, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

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

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly)

Larval Species depending on Alpine Golden Buckwheat: Callophrys affins affinis, Euphilotes battoides glaucon, Euphilotes enoptes ancilla, Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Native Range

CAN: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
USA: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (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.