''Eriogonum nervulosum'' is a species of
wild buckwheat known by the common name Snow Mountain buckwheat. This uncommon plant is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the inland
North Coast Ranges
The Coast Ranges of California span from Del Norte or Humboldt County, California, south to Santa Barbara County. The other three coastal California mountain ranges are the Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges and the Klamath Mountains.
Phy ...
of
California
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, where it is known from only a handful of occurrences, most of which are in
Lake County. It is named for
Snow Mountain There are various mountains called Snow Mountain in the United States:
See also
* Snow Mountain Wilderness, California
* Mount Snow, Vermont, United States
* Snow Peak (disambiguation)
* Ice Mountain (disam ...
, a local peak.
In the wild the plant grows in
serpentine soils
Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite. More precisely, serpentine soil contains minerals of the serpentine subgroup, especially antig ...
in its native mountains.
Description
This is a low perennial herb forming mats of rounded leaves with woolly undersides. It produces erect
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
s no taller than 15 centimeters, which bear rounded clusters of pale yellow to dark pink flowers.
Cultivation
It is sometimes successfully cultivated in
rock garden
A rock garden, also known as a rockery and formerly as a rockwork, is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones, and gravel, with planting appropriate to this setting. Usually these are small A ...
s.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Eriogonum nervulosum''''Eriogonum nervulosum'' - Photo gallery
nervulosum
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Garden plants of North America
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