Eriogonum breedlovei

Eriogonum breedlovei is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Paiute buckwheat. It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California, where its two varieties are uncommon members of the flora in granite and limestone rocky high mountain habitat. This is a perennial herb forming low mats of spreading stems lined with woolly oval leaves no longer than about a centimeter. The flower cluster is a cluster of tiny white to reddish, hairy flowers. Both varieties of this species are rare. The var. breedlovei, Breedlove’s buckwheat, is endemic to the Piute Mountains of Kern County, California, where only a few occurrences are known. The var. shevockii, Shevock’s buckwheat or The Needles buckwheat, can be found on a few Sierra peaks, including The Needles, in Kern and Tulare Counties.