Polygonaceae
Eriogonum umbellatum var. vernum
Eriogonum umbellatum var. vernum var. vernum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Sulfur Buckwheat · Native · Nevada · Great Basin · Perennial · Wildflower · Desert · Pollinator · Rock Garden · Rare
This rare spring-blooming Nevada endemic sulfur buckwheat variety is best suited to rocky, alkaline desert soils with excellent drainage and partial shade. It is adapted to the arid Great Basin climate and requires very little supplemental water once established. Source plants from specialist native plant nurseries and avoid heavy or wet soils.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry completely between waterings · Every 12-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- rocky
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Nevada
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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