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Western Wild Buckwheat
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Western Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum heracleoides
In the United States: Native · also called Parsnipflower buckwheat, Wyeth buckwheat, Whorled buckwheat, wild buckwheat

Good late-season nectar source for bees; also provides pollen. Cream to yellowish flowers in umbels attract various bees and other pollinators in dry, rocky habitats.

Nectarmedium
Pollenlow
Bloom (US) May–July
TypePerennial
Sunfull

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