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velvety buckwheat
Eriogonum corymbosum var. velutinum
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Clay, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes eight varieties of E. corymbosum all native to different portions of the western, and southwestern U.S. including one variety in Texas. Three varieties are native to western Colorado, varieties orbiculatum, corymbosum and velutinum.
Seeds are popular with birds.