seaside buckwheat

Eriogonum latifolium

Member of wild buckwheats (genus Eriogonum)
knotweed family (family Polygonaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pink, salmon, white in flowering plants

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• flowers are clustered
• stems tomentose (rarely glabrous), up to 70 cm
• leaves cauline, but only proximal
• herb
• ecology: sand
• very common along the coast

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Chris’s observations: 4 (3 are research grade)

Locations:

• Wilder Ranch SP: 2
• McNee Ranch / Montara Mountain SP
• Sweeney Ridge National Recreation Area

Months:

• Jul.: 3
• Aug.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora