Eriogonum heracleoides leucophaeum

Description

The parsnipflower buckwheat is a perennial flowering plant with flowers measuring 4-9 mm. It has leaves in loose rosettes, covered with soft hairs measuring 0.5-3 cm. The hairs feel woolly and matted and cover both sides of the leaf.) The flowers have one carpel (achenes). Parsnipflower buckwheat has a whorled arrangement of leaves at midpoint of the stem. It blooms in early to mid summer. It attracts butterflies, bees, insects, and birds and is the host plant for several Palouse butterflies.)