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Eriogonum ovalifolium
Also called Cushion Wild Buckwheat, Oval Leaved Buckwheat, Silver Plant, Ovalleaf Eriogonum
Cushion buckwheat (Eriogonum ovalifolium) is a tough, low perennial herb from western North America that forms mats in gravelly soil or among rocks. It thrives in lean, well-drained, sunny sites and needs little water once established.
Eriogonum ovalifolium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name cushion buckwheat. It is native to western North America from California to Alberta, where it is a member of many plant communities in varied habitats, including the sagebrush steppe and alpine regions.
Cushion buckwheat is native to southwestern Canada and the western United States as far east as the Rocky Mountain states. In Canada it only grows naturally in British Columbia and Alberta. It grows in every state of the northwest from Washington and Oregon east through Idaho to the western two-thirds of Montana and Wyoming. To the south in Colorado it only grows in the westernmost counties and likewise only grows in San Juan County, New Mexico. In the southwestern US it is common throughout Utah and Nevada, but only found in northern Arizona and eastern California.
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 ovalifolium 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.
