Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum inflatum
Desert trumpet is a curious desert buckwheat whose hollow, swollen flower stems balloon out below airy yellow flower sprays. A drought-adapted oddity for hot, sandy gardens.
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, UT
Related native plants
More Eriogonum species
- California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
- Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)
- Redroot Buckwheat (Eriogonum racemosum)
- St. Catherine's Lace (Eriogonum giganteum)
- Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat (Eriogonum arborescens)
- Red-flowered Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande)