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Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um ji-GAN-tee-um com-PAK-tum
Common name: Santa Barbara Island buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Gravelly places to 300', southern Channel Islands (Santa Barbara Island)
Blooming period: May to October
Name derivations: 1) Eriogonum 2) giganteum 3) compactum