Eriogonum heracleoides
Common Name(s):
Creamy Buckwheat
Creamy Eriogonum
Synonym:
Eriogonun heracloides subsp. angustifolium
Parsnipflower Buckwheat
Flower:
Yellow
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
Family:
Polygonaceae
Herbaceous Plant, Perennial
Foliage:
Gray-Green
Leaves are covered with dense white hairs making the herbage appear a light
green to blue-grayish color.
Fall Color?
YES
The flower heads mature gradually shifting into deep rust reds, cappers, and oranges as they age
Deciduous
Photo by:
Heading 6
Oregon Native?
YES
West State Native?
YES
Origins:
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:
4
Water Needs:
VL
Sun Needs:
Full Sun
Deer Resistant?
NO
Firewise?
YES
Height:
6-20"
Spread:
2-16'
Growth Rate:
SLOW
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:
Does not need fertilizer
Mulch:
Small gravel, crushed rock, or pumice
Very low water needs, no fertilizer, snip flower heads or leave intact for the birds
Long Term:
Winter:
None required
Spring:
Ensure full sun, avoid overwatering, light pruning to shape
Summer:
None required
Fall:
Cease all watering, skip fertilizer, minimal pruning, snip off spent dried flowers, harvest seed
General Care Comments:
Requires full sun, needs excellent drainage, extremely low water needs, no fertilizer, no pruning
Common Problems
Waterlogged soils
Diseases:
Root and crown rot, rust, powdery mildew
Insects:
Aphids, Harvester ants
Environmental Problems:
Competition from invasive species, insect larvae may reduce seed availability for natural revigetation
Pests:
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