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Eriogonum davidsonii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Davidson's buckwheat. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Baja California, where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils in a variety of habitats. It is a spindly annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters in height. The fuzzy leaves are located at the base of the plant and are one or two centimeters wide and round with wavy or wrinkly margins. It is variable in appearance, but is generally erect with thin, naked, neatly branching stems bearing clusters of tiny flowers at widely-spaced nodes. Each flower is about 2 millimeters wide, bell-shaped, and usually pink.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

4 - 16 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White

Flowering season

Summer, Fall

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Volcanic or granitic soils

Plant communities

Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 298 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Sleepy Orange

Abaeis nicippe

Adela septentrionella

Angelic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon angelicus

Wide-legged Sweat Bee

Agapostemon femoratus

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Onions

Allium cepa

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Canola

Brassica napus

Chicory

Cichorium intybus