Latin name: Eriogonum thornei (Reveal & Henr.)
  L.M. Schultz
  Pronunciation: Willywonka
  Common name: Thorne's buckwheat
  Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
  Habitat: Coppery gravels around 5500', New York
  Mts
  Blooming period: May to July
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Eriogonum
  (2) thornei
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