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Eriogonum nudum is a perennial shrub of the wild buckwheat genus which is known by the common name naked buckwheat. The plant is a tall, bare, leafless stem, bifurcating into more stems, each topped with rounded clusters of white or pale pink or yellow flowers growing up to six feet from a basal rosette at the ground, where the flat green leaves are located. The naked stem gives the plant its common name. Naked buckwheat can be found scattered around the west coast of the United States. This species has one of the widest ecological distributions of all of the buckwheats. It can be found at wet coastal sea level locales and the coldest, driest elevations of the Sierra Nevada, as well as many areas in between. The species is not uncommon, but some specific varieties are quite rare.
Shrub
6 - 12 in Tall
4 - 7 in Wide
Mounding
Moderate
Summer Semi-deciduous
Pink, White, Yellow
Spring, Summer
Deer resistant
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Max 1x / month once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to -15 - -10° F
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable.
Harvest seeds from bracts in early fall. If directly seeding in the fall, no treatment is required, otherwise cold/moist stratification for 90 days will significantly improve germination. Carefully control weeds during the first year of establishment.
Exposed, sunny sites, including dry open places, rocky outcrops, along trails and roadsides.
Chaparral, Coastal Strand, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Southern Oak Woodland, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest
California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), Black Sage (Salvia mellifera), Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), Eastern Mojave Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var foliolosum), White Sage (Salvia apiana), Interior California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var polifolium); Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)
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Canola
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