Eriogonum gracile Calflora

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Taxon Report

Eriogonum gracile Benth.

Slender buckwheat, Slender woolly buckwheat

2022 Mike Russler

2018 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen

2019 Hailey Laskey

2018 Stacie Wolny

2020 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen

2018 Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen

2023 Ron Vanderhoff

2024 Mel Letterman

Eriogonum gracile is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1582 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. gracile ... var. incultum
Genus:	Eriogonum
Family:	Polygonaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Southern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Eriogonum gracile from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ERGR5) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/19/2025).