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Rosy buckwheat

Eriogonum rosense

Also called Mount Rose Wild Buckwheat

Rosy buckwheat
Photo: Marty Purdy, CC BY 4.0

A small mat-forming wild buckwheat from dry, rocky mountain slopes of eastern California and western Nevada, grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts. It needs sun, excellent drainage and very little water.

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out completely between waterings.
Soil
Very fast-draining, gritty or rocky mineral soil with little organic matter.
Temperature
Tolerates cold winters and hot dry summers typical of mountain slopes; frost-hardy.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California to W. Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum rosense is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name rosy buckwheat. It is native to the mountains of eastern California and its range extends into 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 rosense 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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