About Eriogonum apiculatum S.Watson
Eriogonum apiculatum S.Watson is a species of wild buckwheat, commonly known as San Jacinto buckwheat. This plant is endemic to California, and is found in the San Jacinto, Santa Rosa, Palomar, and Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego and western Riverside Counties. It grows in habitats including chaparral and wooded slopes on granite sands. It is an annual herb that produces a glandular stem that ranges from spreading to erect, and can grow up to 90 centimeters tall. Oblong leaves grow at the base of the plant, and have a hairy and glandular texture. Most of the stem is occupied by the inflorescence, which is a branching, spindly cyme that holds clusters of flowers at the tips of its branches. Individual flowers are less than 3 millimeters wide, white in color, and marked with reddish stripes.
