Latin name: Eriogonum maculatum A.A. Heller
Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um mak-yoo-LAY-tum
Common name: Spotted buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Dry sandy or gravelly places to 7000', creosote bush and sagebrush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, both deserts
Blooming period: April to November
Name derivations: 1) Eriogonum 2) maculatum
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