GENERAL:
Common Name: cushion buckwheat
Perennial
Family: Polygonaceae
Plant Height: 1-12"
Root Type: taproot
Bloom Time: summer
Native Habitat: dry, open, rocky sites
GROWING INFO:
Soil: rocky to gravelly, good drainage away from root crown essential
Light: full sun
Water: very sensitive to overwatering
Germination: plant in fall barely covering seed
Native Range Map (Color Key):
Map Courtesy of: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2011. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].