Pronunciation: air-ee-OG-an-um ploo-ma-TEL-a
Common name: Flat-topped buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry stony places to 4500', creosote bush scrub
to pinyon-juniper woodland, Mojave Desert
Blooming period: August to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) plumatella