Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um rix-FORD-ee-eye
Common name: Rixford's buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry sandy to gravelly soils to 5000',
creosote bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland,
Death Valley
Blooming period: July to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) rixfordii