Home > Native Plant Photo Gallery
Eriogonum umbellatum
Umbrella Desert Buckwheat
Habitat: Sagebrush desert, dry gravelly ridges and talus slopes
from middle to high elevations
Bloom time: Mid-summer or earlier depending on elevation
Range: Mostly east of the Cascades from Southern British Columbia
to California; east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona
Copyright 2002 James Ellingboe. All rights reserved.
Eriogonum umbellatum (yellow form)
Copyright 2002 James Ellingboe. All rights reserved.