| Family | POLYGONACEAE |
| Genus species | Eriogonum subalpinum Greene sect. Oligogonum |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 18 (1896) |
| Native Range | w. Canada to wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-3500m |
| Description | procumbent, branchlets floccose, leaves in lax rosette, oblanceolate or elliptic, abaxially lanate, adaxially glabrous, inflorescence umbellate with whorl of bracts |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Eriogonum subalpinum var. arachnoideum Gand. Eriogonum subalpinum var. stenophyllum Gand. Eriogonum subalpinum var. subnivale Gand. Eriogonum subalpinum var. vulcanicum Gand. Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus Hook. Eriogonum umbellatum ssp. majus (Hook.) Benth. ex Piper Eriogonum umbellatum ssp. subalpinum (Greene) S.Stokes Eriogonum umbellatum var. subalpinum (Greene) M.E.Jones |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |