var. floccosum Munz
Pronunciation: air-ee-OG-an-um heer-MAN-ee-eye
flock-OH-sum
Common name: Heermann's buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry slopes and washes to 8000', east desert
mountains
Blooming period: August to October
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Eriogonum
(2) heermannii (3) floccosum