Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus, June 8, 2022
Common & scientific name
Subalpine buckwheat, Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus
Family
Buckwheat, Polygonaceae
Location
Lincoln Creek, 10,250’
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.”