Cushion Buckwheat

Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. - Buckwheat family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 12 inches

Plant Type: Subshrub, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Yellow, Purple

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

Ecosystem Interactions

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

Larval Species depending on Cushion Buckwheat: Euphilotes battoides baueri, Euphilotes battoides glaucon, Euphilotes enoptes ancilla, Plebejus lupini, Plebejus lupini lupini

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia
  • USA:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Regional Native Status: L48 (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.