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Eriogonum nervulosum
Snow Mountain buckwheat is a low, mat-forming perennial wildflower native to a few sites in the inland North Coast Ranges of California, mostly in Lake County. It grows in serpentine soils, so it needs sharp drainage and lean, gritty conditions to thrive.
Eriogonum nervulosum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Snow Mountain buckwheat. This uncommon plant is endemic to the inland North Coast Ranges of California, where it is known from only a handful of occurrences, most of which are in Lake County. It is named for Snow Mountain, a local peak.
In the wild the plant grows in serpentine soils in its native mountains.
Abert's buckwheat · Santa Cruz Island buckwheat · Coastal buckwheat · Eastern Mojave buckwheat · St. Catherine's lace · Seaside buckwheat · Naked buckwheat · Hoary buckwheat · Mt. Diablo buckwheat · Buckwheat
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriogonum nervulosum 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.
