Eriogonum

Eriogonum - N. American alpine plants which, on the mountains of California, are of much beauty. From a dense tuft of leaves E. umbellatum throws up numerous stems, 6 to 8 inches high, on which golden-yellow blooms, in umbels 4 inches or more across, form a neat and conspicuous tuft. In light sandy soil of the rock garden it has never failed to bloom profusely. Other kinds are E. compositum, flavum, Jamesi, racemosum, ursinum.