King of the Genera

Eriogonum umbellatum, June 16, 2020

Eriogonum umbellatum, June 16, 2020

Common & scientific name
Sulphurflower buckwheat, Eriogonum umbellatum

Family
Buckwheat, Polygonaceae

Location
Difficult Trail, 8,000’

Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Widespread in habitat, elevation, and appearance, and according to Janis Huggins in Wild at Heart, its genus Eriogonum is “the largest genus endemic to North America, with more than 300 species, fifty of them occurring in the Rocky Mountains.”