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Eriogonum abertianum
Also called Abert's Wild Buckwheat
Abert's buckwheat is a small desert wildflower native to the Southwest US and northern Mexico, grown mainly for its drought tolerance and small flower clusters. It is an annual in the wild, so it thrives in lean, sunny, well-drained sites and resents overwatering.
Eriogonum abertianum, with the common names Abert's buckwheat and Abert wild buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.
This annual herb is native to: Northern Mexico in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and San Luis Potosí states; and the Southwestern United States within Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
Santa Cruz Island buckwheat · Coastal buckwheat · Eastern Mojave buckwheat · St. Catherine's lace · Seaside buckwheat · Snow Mountain buckwheat · Naked buckwheat · Hoary buckwheat · Mt. Diablo buckwheat · Buckwheat
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriogonum abertianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
