Latin name: Eriogonum rixfordii S. Stokes
Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um rix-FORD-ee-eye
Common name: Rixford's buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry sandy to gravelly soils to 5000', creosote bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland, Death Valley
Blooming period: July to October
Name derivations: 1) Eriogonum 2) rixfordii
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