Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um TOM-as-ee-eye
Common name: Thomas' buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry sandy places to 5000', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree woodland, both deserts north to
Inyo Co.
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriogonum
2) thomasii