Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um kon-TIG-yoo-um
Common name: Reveal's buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Sandy flats to 3000', eastern and northern
Mojave Desert, Eureka Valley
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) contiguum