Eriogonum heracleoides

Eriogonum heracleoides (common names Parsnipflower buckwheat, Whorled buckwheat, and Wyeth buckwheat) has many flowering clusters that are cream or off-white in color. Its usual habitat is rocky areas such as sagebrush deserts and Ponderosa pine forests. Parsnipflower Buckwheat is in the genus Eriogonum and the family Polygonaceae which is a family of plants known as the “knotweed family”. The Parsnipflower is a perennial flowering plant with flowers measuring 4-9 millimeter. They inhabit much of the western part of the United States. The Parsnipflower is a perennial flowering plant with flowers measuring 4-9 millimeter. Petiole leaves in loose rosettes, covered with soft hairs measuring 0.5-3 centimeter. Hairs feel woolly and matted and cover both sides of the leaf.) The flowers have one carpel (achenes). Parsnipflower Buckwheat have a whorled arrangement of leaves at midpoint of the stem.Blooms in early to mid summer. Attracts butterflies, bees, insects, and birds and is the host plant for several Palouse butterflies. )