Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um ji-GAN-tee-um
Common name: St. Catherine's lace
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry slopes, chaparral, coastal sage scrub,
Channel Islands
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) giganteum
Three vars. (compactum, formosum and giganteum) in
SoCal