Heermann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii Durand & Hilg. - Buckwheat family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 7.0 feet

Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Pink, Yellow

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

Ecosystem Interactions

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

Larval Species depending on Heermann's Buckwheat: Apodemia mormo mormo, Callophrys comstocki, Chalceria heteronea, Euphilotes battoides bernardino, Euphilotes rita pallescens

Native Range

  • USA:  Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
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.