Round-Headed Buckwheat (Eriogonum sphaerocephalum)

Umtanum Creek Recreation Area, Yakima River Canyon, WA, 6/2018.

We encountered this bright yellow buckwheat shrub dotting the pale dry sagebrush steppe in the Yakima River Valley in early summer.  (more…)

August 5, 2018 | Categories: buckwheat, Columbia Gorge East, East of Cascades, grasslands/prarie, June, Low Elevation, Mid Elevation, Southern Oregon / Northern California, umbel, Unique to Northwest, Washington, yellow | Tags: Flowers, moths, sagebrush, Umtanum, wild, Yakima River | Leave a comment