Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

wild buckwheat

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Eriogonum tomentosum

Family:

Polygonaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

1.5-3 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Wildflower garden. When not flowering, the plant is a low-growing rosette of leaves that are white on the bottom. It flowers in the fall.

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

Coming Soon!

Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Attracts bees and other pollinators.  Does not attract many butterflies.

Native Habitats:

Sandhill, scrubby sandhill, disturbed sandhill, xeric roadsides in areas of sandhill soils.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Rarely grown but of good potential for a dry native wildflower garden.