Red Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum atrorubens)

Family: Polygonaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Eriogonum atrorubens is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). 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: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Root - chewed. — Harvested fresh in season according to PFAF botanical monograph.

Habitat & North American Range

Sandy to loamy flats and slopes, mixed grassland communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands at elevations of 1800 - 2000 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)