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Puerto Nuevo Buckwheat

Eriogonum preclarum

Puerto Nuevo Buckwheat
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0

A rare, low rounded subshrub from one small area of Baja California Sur, Mexico, valued for its bright green leaves and showy flowers. It suits a dry, sunny rock garden with sharp drainage.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it is adapted to dry, arid conditions.
Soil
Fast-draining, gritty or rocky soil; mineral-rich, such as a cactus or rock garden mix.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions; likely frost-tender, so protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Baja California Sur)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eriogonum preclarum, known commonly as the Puerto Nuevo buckwheat, is a very rare species of perennial wild buckwheat in the family Polygonaceae. It is endemic to the Vizcaíno Peninsula in Baja California Sur, occurring on ultramafic substrates.

Where it grows

The plant occurs in two populations on ultramafic substrates on the Vizcaíno Peninsula, near the fishing village of Puerto Nuevo, southeast of Bahía Tortugas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Although it occurs in a very local area, it is common.

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 preclarum 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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