J20161213-0001—Eriogonum grande var rubescens—Bertha—DxO

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens—red buckwheat. Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). Endemic to San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands in the northern Channel Islands. One of the showiest buckwheats, it is widely available in the nursery trade and sometimes naturalized on mainland California. Photographed in a private garden in El Cerrito, CA.

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