Eriogonum bicolor

Eriogonum bicolor, the pretty buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.

Eriogonum bicolor
growing in Wayne County, Utah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Eriogonum
Species:	E. bicolor
Binomial name
Eriogonum bicolor M.E.Jones

Description

E. bicolor is a perennial herbaceous shrub which grows up to 10 cm (4 in) tall and 30 cm (12 in) across. The pink and white flowers are approximately .75 cm (0.30 in) wide and occur between April and July.^[1]

Range

This shrub is found in central Utah and far western Colorado.^[2]

Environment

It grows in silty, sandy or heavy clay washes, flats and slopes, saltbush and blackbrush communities, juniper or pinyon-juniper woodlands between the altitudes of 1,300 m (4,265 ft) and 2,300 m (7,546 ft).^[3]