| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriogonum flavum Nutt. ex Benth. sect. Oligogonum |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 408 (1837) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to wc. & nc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 300-3200m |
| Description | leaves crowded, 3-9cm, linear to oblanceolate, abaxially whitish, adaxially grey to green, stems leafless, inflorescence subcapitate or umbellate, involucres single |
| Size | 2-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriogonum aureum Nutt. ex Benth. Eriogonum crassifolium Benth. Eriogonum flavum var. caudiciferum S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. crassifolium (Benth.) Benth. Eriogonum flavum ssp. crassifolium (Benth.) S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. foliatum Gand. Eriogonum flavum var. incisum S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. linguifolium Gand. Eriogonum flavum var. muticum S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. polyphyllum (Small) M.E.Jones Eriogonum flavum ssp. typicum S.Stokes Eriogonum lateriflorum Raf. Eriogonum polyphyllum Small Eriogonum sericeum Pursh |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) |