| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriogonum covillei Small sect. Oligogonum |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 42 (1898) |
| Native Range | California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 3000-3600m |
| Description | floral stems procumbent, subglabrous, leaves in rosette, narrowly elliptic, 3-6mm, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially greenish, flat, inflorescence dense, umbellate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriogonum rubidum var. frigidum Gand. Eriogonum umbellatum var. covillei (Small) Munz & Reveal Eriogonum umbellatum ssp. covillei (Small) Munz Eriogonum ursinum var. covillei (Small) S.Stokes |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |