Posts Tagged: Eriogonum grande rubescens

Seeing Red--On Buckwheat

Butterflies, honey bees and hover flies can't get enough of red buckwheat. Tight clusters of pink blossoms, coupled with gray-green foliage, grace red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens), a California native. It's good for the insects and good for...

Hover Fly

HOVER FLY lands on red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens) and sips nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking for Nectar

LOOKING FOR NECTAR in all the right places is this hover fly, aka flower fly. It's on red buckwheat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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