nodosum (Small) Rev.
Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um RITE-ee-eye
no-DO-sum
Common name: Knotty buckwheat, Wright's
buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry rocky places to 3000', creosote bush
scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland, west edge of
Colorado Desert north to 29 Palms, Anza-Borrego
Blooming period: August to November
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) wrightii 3) nodosum