Eriogonum bicolor

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

Description
E. bicolor is a perennial herbaceous shrub which grows up to 10 cm tall and 30 cm across. The pink and white flowers are approximately .75 cm wide and occur between April and July.

Range
This shrub is found in central Utah and far western Colorado.

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 1300 m and 2300 m.