Lobos Creek Dunes and Valley Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs

	Coast Buckwheat (Erigonum latifolium) Buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family Perennial Bloom times: approx. April - June
	The Coast Buckwheat's distinctive "lollypop-like" flowers start out as chalky white, turning pinkish as the season progresses and becoming a rusty brown by fall.

Its leaves are a dark green with a frosty white underside. The edges curl up a bit giving the leaf a slight white outline effect. As the leaves get older, they turn a reddish-brown making this one of the more colorful plants in the dunes.  The top photo was taken in June and the second photo was snapped in October of 1999.

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