Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um nid-yoo-LARE-ee-
um
Common name: Birdnest buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry gravelly and rocky places to 7000'.
creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper
woodland, deserts from San Bernardino Co. north
Blooming period: April to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) nidularium