A year of flowers #46: Wyeth's buckwheat

Paddy, the border collie, with drifts of Wyeth's buckwheat

 

 

Eriogonum heracleoides

In June, we begin to get several different species blooming that look like little clouds hovering over the green.  All of my Wyeth's buckwheat seed came from down the road, just across the border in Idaho, years ago.  I wondered if it's edible, since it produces a LOT of seed, which has enabled me to spread it all over the property, as well as share with locals who want to grow it.  I did a little research and have found that other Eriogonum spp. were used by Native Americans for food, so I can't imagine this one didn't get used that way, but I don't know for sure...