Posts Tagged: Eriogonum grande rubescens

In the Pink

You gotta love that red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens).Attractive to honey bees, native bees and butterflies, red buckwheat is flourishing in...

Honey Bee on Buckwheat

A HONEY BEE nectars red buckwheat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bottoms Up

BOTTOMS UP--A honey bee working the red buckwheat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seeing Red--On Buckwheat

Butterflies, honey bees and hover flies can't get enough of red buckwheat. Tight clusters of pink blossoms, coupled with gray-green foliage, grace...

Hover Fly

HOVER FLY lands on red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens) and sips nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking for Nectar

LOOKING FOR NECTAR in all the right places is this hover fly, aka flower fly. It's on red buckwheat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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