| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriogonum xanthum Small sect. Oligogonum |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 51 (1906) |
| Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2600-4000m |
| Description | leaves oblanceolate and oblong, 1-3cm, abaxially tomentose, adaxially floccose-hirsute, entire, flat, inflorescence capitate or reduced to single involucre, flowers 4-7mm |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriogonum arcuatum var. xanthum (Small) Reveal Eriogonum chloranthum Greene Eriogonum flavum ssp. chloranthum (Greene) S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. xanthum (Small) Reveal |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |