Latin name: Eriogonum umbellatum Torrey var.
  subaridum S. Stokes
  Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um um-bel-AY-tum sub-
  AIR-i-dum

  Common name: Sulphur-flowered buckwheat
  Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
  Habitat: Dry slopes 8000'-10,000', pinyon-juniper to
  lodgepole pine forest, San Gabriel Mts to White-Inyo
  Range

  Blooming period: June to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Eriogonum
  2) umbellatum
  3) subaridum
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