About Eriogonum nudum Douglas ex Benth.
Eriogonum nudum, commonly called naked buckwheat, grows from a basal rosette of flat green leaves at ground level, producing tall, bare, leafless stems that branch into multiple stems. Each branch tip is capped with rounded clusters of white, pale pink, or yellow flowers, and the plant can reach a total height of up to six feet. A distinctive trait of this species is that flower clusters typically grow both along the branches and at the branch tips. Its common name comes from the plant’s characteristic naked stem. Naked buckwheat is scattered across the west coast of the United States. Among all buckwheat species, it has one of the widest ecological distributions, growing in wet coastal habitats at sea level, the coldest and driest elevations of the Sierra Nevada, and many areas between these two extremes. While the species as a whole is not uncommon, some of its specific varieties are quite rare.
