Longleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum longifoliumnative · Hill Country
Longleaf Buckwheat is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–6 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun and very low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and yellow in spring, summer and fall. Good for bees.
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The facts
3 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 1–6 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Spring, Summer, Fall · white, yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, gravelly, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, browsing mammals and deer
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
235 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.