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| flowers in early Fall--the sepals and petals are indistinguishable in the genus Eriogonum, and thus they are called tepals. How many tepals are present here? | leaf in late Spring--even though the venation looks parallel and their are six tepals and six stamens, this is not a monocot! It is in fact a dicot. |
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| leaf underside--in this species, the leaf undersides are woolly | basal rosette of leaves in Spring--these leaves are relatively long when compared to the leaves of other Eriogonum species, giving rise to the epithet longifolium. |
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| habit in late Spring--these flowering stalks are about two feet tall | leaf in early Fall |
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| growing inflorescence with flower buds in early June |
