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Yucca buckwheat

Eriogonum plumatella

Also called Yucca Wild Buckwheat

Yucca buckwheat
Photo: nmoorhatch, CC BY 4.0

Yucca buckwheat is a small, upright desert shrub from the southwestern United States, reaching about 60 cm with woolly leaves and pale flower clusters. Key to growing it is full sun, sharp drainage and minimal water.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry fully between waterings; established plants need little or none.
Soil
Very well-drained, sandy or gritty soil with low fertility.
Temperature
Tolerates hot desert conditions; frost hardy to about -10 °C once established.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum plumatella is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name yucca buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of the United States.

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 plumatella 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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