I.M. Johnston
Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um um-bel-AY-tum MI-nus
Common name: Alpine sulphur-flowered buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry stony slopes 8000'-10,000', lodgepole pine
forest, San Gabriel Mountains
Blooming period: July to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) umbellatum 3) minus