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Snow Mesa buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii


  United States

Dimensions
Height: 1.5 ft. to 1.7 ft.
Spread: 1.5 ft. to 2.0 ft.
Growth Form
Subshrub
Program Association
Xeriscape Incentive Program
Wildlife Uses
Pollinators/ Invertebrates
Sun Requirements
Full Sun
Water Requirements
Very Low, Low
Season of Bloom
August, September, October, November
Flower Color
White Shades
Leaf Color
Green Shades
Aggressiveness
Readily Seeds
Design Considerations
Attractive Foliage, Drought Tolerant, Evergreen, Showy Flowers
Other Considerations
Deer Tolerant
Duration
Perennial
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sandy
Pests/Disease Prone
No City Data
Hazards/Toxic
No City Data.

Notes

USDA Plants National Database recognizes seven varieties of E. wrightii, all native to the southwestern and western U.S. Varieties membranaceum, olanchense, and trachygonum are only native to California. Variety nodosum is native to Arizona and California, variety pringlei is native to Arizona, and variety subscaposum is native to Nevada and California. This variety, wrightii, is native to the southwestern and southcentral states.


Dead head plants in spring.