Eriogonum giganteum S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 371 1885. (syn: Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum ; Eriogonum giganteum subsp. giganteum );
Eriogonum giganteum, with the common name St. Catherine’s lace, is a species of wild buckwheat in Southern California.[1]
This shrub is endemic to the Channel Islands of California.[1] It is found in the Coastal sage scrub plant association habitat of the Coastal sage and chaparral sub-ecoregion.[1][2]
One variety of this geographically limited species, Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum or the Santa Barbara Island buckwheat, is endemic to and particularly rare on Santa Barbara Island. Eriogonum giganteum is variable in size, from 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in height and width, to a sprawling or rounded bush over 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and wide.[3] The leathery, woolly, oval-shaped leaves are gray, and clustered sparsely along the mostly naked branches. It is evergreen. The plant flowers with each inflorescence rising boldly above the foliage on strong stalks. The broad domed blooms are covered densely in carpets of clustered tiny white flowers, that fade to rust red.[3] Each hairy flower is only a few millimeters across. Eriogonum giganteum is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for use in native plant, drought tolerant, and wildlife gardens, and in natural landscaping design projects.[3] With its coarser texture and semi-open form, it can be a good background plant in gardens. It is a honey plant that supports a numerous diversity and count of pollinators when blooming. It especially supports pollinator insect species native to California, as most of the state’s native buckwheats do. It is a very important butterfly nectar source plant.[3] The flowers, leaves, and seeds are all used by many smaller animals.[3] (From Wikipedia on 11.5.14)
Polygonaceae Fortnight: Eriogonum giganteum from California-GSMAY06: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Eriogonum giganteum, a woody species, shrub up to 3 m tall and spreading inflorescence,
photographed from University of California Botanical Garden.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!
Ornamental from California especially for Dr. Ritesh and Prof. Munshi : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). This beautiful ornamental forming hemispherical mass of small white flowers about 1.5 m tall and more 2.5 m in diam, needed a lot of brain storming to fix it. Let Dr. Ritesh and Prof. Munshi also do some. Daves Garden Forum, normally useful for plants here in California. Could not help.
Very interesting plant Sir! Thanks a lot for sharing! As you are specifically mentioning Munshi sir’s and my name, it must be a Polygonaceae. 🙂
I’ll check the literature and try to find the name.
Could it be Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson by any chance? I agree with … It is Eriogonum giganteum Thanks … Yes it is. Sorry for this small teaser. Proud of both of you. References: |