Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande

Red-flowered buckwheat is a compact California island buckwheat with rose-pink pompom flowers over gray-green rosettes, a long-blooming, drought-hardy pollinator gem for sunny banks.

Family: Polygonaceae
Type: wildflower
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 1–2 ft
Spacing: 1–2 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral
Bloom: June, July, August, September
Bloom colors: pink
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies
Landscape uses: border, container
Native states: CA