Eriogonum umbellatum, June 2, 2021
Common & scientific name
Sulphurflower buckwheat, Eriogonum umbellatum
Family
Buckwheat, Polygonaceae
Location
Difficult Trail, 8,200’
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.”
E. umbellatum, Grizzly Creek Trail, 11,000’, July 22, 2021