| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriogonum contortum Small sect. Eucycla |
| Bibliography | Fl. Colorado [P.A.Rydberg]: 104 (1906) |
| Native Range | Colorado to Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1300-1700m |
| Description | thinly floccose or glabrous, greenish, leaves vaginate, linear, 1-2cm, abaxially densely white tomentose, margins revolute, inflorescence cymose, 1-3cm wide |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriogonum effusum var. contortum (Small) S.Stokes |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |