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Refuge
Eriogonum umbellatum
Seeds:
Direct Sow: in Fall, Early Winter
Surface Sow, Lightly Rake
Indoors: Not Recommended
Germination: 7-14 days
Common Names:
Sulphur Buckwheat
Range:
Sun:
Full Sun
Height: 3"-3'
Width: 1'-3'
Drought Tolerant
USDA Zones:
4-8
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer, Fall
Host Plant for:
Mormon Metalmark
(Apodemia mormo)
Acmon Blue
(Icaricia acmon)
Dotted Blue
(Euphilotes enoptes)
Blue Copper
(Lycaena heteronea)
Western Square-dotted Blue
(Euphilotes battoides)
Lupine Blue
(Plebejus lupini)
Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue
(Euphilotes ancilla)
Melissa Blue
(Plebejus melissa)
Glaucon Blue
(Euphilotes glaucon)
Desert Green Hairstreak
(Callophrys sheridanii comstocki)
Sheridan's Green Hairstreak
(Callophrys sheridanii)
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