Herbs, biennial or annual, polygamodioecious, floccose to tomentose; taproot somewhat woody. Stems erect, without persistent leaf-bases, pubescent; caudex stems absent; aerial flowering-stems erect, slender to stout, solid, not disarticulating in ringlike segments proximally, arising directly from the root. Leaves persistent or marcescent, in basal rosettes or fasciculate and scattered along stems, 1 per node; blade usually tomentose. Inflorescences terminal, cymose, compact to open; branches dichotomous, round, smooth, tomentose to floccose; bracts 3, connate basally, scalelike. Peduncles absent or erect, slender. Involucres 1 per node, not appressed to inflorescence branches, turbinate to campanulate; teeth 5–6, erect, apex acute. Flowers not attenuate at base, without stipelike base; perianth white to cream, rose, or reddish-brown, glabrous abaxially, densely pubescent and minutely glandular adaxially; tepals connate proximally 1/4–1/3 their length, dimorphic; stamens included or slightly exserted; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes brown, not winged, 3-gonous, glabrous. Seeds: embryo curved.

Distribution

c North America, including n Mexico

Discussion

Species 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Eriogonum annuum, Eriogonum multiflorum

Key

1	Outer tepals obovate, 0.9-1.5 mm wide; involucres 2.5-4 mm, tomentose to floccose abaxially, glabrous adaxially; plants grayish	Eriogonum annuum
1	Outer tepals oblong-cordate, 1.5-2 mm wide; involucres 2-2.5 mm, usually tomentose on both surfaces; plants reddish	Eriogonum multiflorum

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