| Common Name |
Bastard Sage, Wright's Buckwheat, Wooly Buckwheat,
Shrubby Wild Buckwheat, Perennial Buckwheat |
| Latin Name |
Eriogonum wrightii |
| Native Habitat |
Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado Deserts from 700 to 11,000
feet; Santa Barbara to Baja California |
| Soil |
Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic
content, well drained |
| Water |
None to once per month in summer |
| Height X Width |
2 feet X 2 feet |
| Protective Mechanism |
None |
| Leaves |
Silvery leaves with grey hairs |
| Garden Suitability |
Thornless, Songbird, Butterfly, Sonoran, Ethnobotanical |
| Ornamental Value |
Lacy flowers in spring, deciduous |
| Nature Value |
Nectar for hummingbirds and bees, nesting, seeds eaten
by birds, larval plant for Veined Blue butterfly |
| Native American Uses |
Seeds ground into flour |
| Links |
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| Images and data |
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Polygonaceae/Eriogonum_wrightii.html |
| Images and data |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriogonum_wrightii |
| Images and data |
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3412 |
| Images and data |
http://museum2.utep.edu/chih/gardens/plants/DtoF/eriogwri.htm |
| Images and data |
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~plants-c/bio414/species%20pages/Eriogonum%20wrightii.htm |
| Images and data |
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ERWR |
| Images |
http://www.coestatepark.com/eriogonum_wrightii.htm |
| Nursery, images, and data |
http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/eriogonum-wrightii-subscaposum |
| Nursery, images, and data |
http://www.cnplx.info/nplx/species?taxon=Eriogonum+wrightii |
| Data |
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060591 |
| Distribution map |
http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERWR |
