eriogonum
noun
er·i·og·o·num
ˌerēˈägənəm
1
capitalized : a genus of North American herbs (family Polygonaceae) with small clustered flowers subtended by an involucre
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Eriogonum
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from erio- + -gonum (from Greek gony knee); from the woolly stems of some species