Winged Buckwheat (Eriogonum alatum)

Family: Polygonaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Eriogonum alatum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in). It is in flower from July to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Root - raw or dried for later use. Seed - ground into a powder and made into a mush. — Root - raw or dried for later use.; Seed - ground into a powder and made into a mush.

Habitat & North American Range

Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, and sagebrush communities, oak, pinyon and/or juniper, and montane conifer woodlands at elevations of 300 - 3100 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)