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Pretty buckwheat

Eriogonum bicolor

Also called Pretty Wild Buckwheat

Pretty buckwheat
Photo: Bob Palin, CC0

Pretty buckwheat is a small, low-growing perennial shrub native to dry areas of central Utah and western Colorado, valued for its pink and white flowers from April to July. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and very little water.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, fast-draining soil or mineral-rich sandy mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; tolerates heat and drought well.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Utah to Colorado
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum bicolor, the pretty buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family.

Where it grows

This shrub is found in central Utah and far western Colorado.

Other Eriogonum plants

Abert's buckwheat · Winged buckwheat · Shale barren buckwheat · Trinity buckwheat · Mono buckwheat · Anglestem buckwheat · San Jacinto buckwheat · Ione buckwheat · Santa Cruz Island buckwheat · Clay buckwheat · Sulphur Hot Springs buckwheat · Bailey's buckwheat

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriogonum bicolor 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.

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