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Marumleaf buckwheat

Eriogonum marifolium

Also called Marum Leaf Wild Buckwheat

Marumleaf buckwheat
Photo: Anthony Baniaga, CC0

Marumleaf buckwheat is a low, mat-forming subshrub native to the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains of California and nearby Oregon and Nevada. It grows on sandy mountain soils, and it is dioecious, so male and female plants look quite different.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect from prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum marifolium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name marumleaf buckwheat. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains of California and the ranges' extensions into Oregon and Nevada.

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 marifolium 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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