A seriously good Buckwheat native to just three of the Channel Islands where it grows mainly on dry cliffs.  It does great in cultivation however and probably finds it a relief to be able to relax a bit.  Evergreen domes to a foot or more tall with flower stems up to a foot long bearing long lasting blooms of red to white.

Fine Buckwheat from seed collected in Kern Co. CA at 7830'.  This population is one of the most compact forms of this variety with very small, gray-white leaves on a low mat that can eventually get 2' across.  The flower stems can be 16" tall, and unlike its pom-pom flowered kin, the white to pale pink flowers are ranked along the stem to nice effect.  Dryish mineral soil zones 5-8.