Sulfur Flowered Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum

These members of the Buckwheat family grow on the dry hillsides and rocky ledges in our mountains. They are low growing -- only about a foot tall or less.

Creamy Buckwheat
Eriogonum heracleoides

The two plants shown here look very similar when not in bloom.

The Sulfur-Flowered Buckwheat has smooth green foliage; on the Creamy Buckwheat plant the leaves are gray-green and somewhat "furry".