Eriogonum heracleoides
Creamy Buckwheat
Creamy Eriogonum
Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Plant Family:
Polygonaceae
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Flower:
White
Blooms :
Apr
to:
Jun
The flowers are a creamy-yellow color and have six petals which are borne in simple or compound umbels. Flowers clustered with long-stalked base, turning red with age.
Botanical Description
Fragrant?
No
Foliage:
Gray-Green
Deciduous
Leaves are covered with dense white hairs making the herbage appear a light
green to blue-grayish color.
Oregon Native?
Yes
West State Native?
Yes
The species range includes the Rocky
Mountain and Intermountain western states from
British Columbia and Alberta south to Utah and
Nevada
Site Selection
Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone:
Water Needs:
VL
Sun Needs:
Full Sun
Deer Resistant?
No
Firewise?
No
Height:
6-20"
Spread:
2-16'
Growth Rate:
Not Found
Native Habitat:
Its usual habitat is rocky areas such as sagebrush deserts and Ponderosa pine forests.
Soil:
rocky soils, fast draining
Care Recommendations
Maintenance Level:
Low
Fertilizer:
Mulch:
Long Term:
Winter:
Spring:
Summer:
Fall:
Common Problems
Diseases:
Insects:
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