Eriogonum umbellatum var. torreyanum M.E.Jones

Herbs, compact mats, 1-3.5 × 4-8 dm. Aerial flowering stems erect, 1-2 dm, glabrous, without one or more leaflike bracts ca. midlength. Leaves in loose rosettes; blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, 1-3(-4) × 1-2 cm, glabrous and dark green on both surfaces, margins plane. Inflorescences umbellate; branches 3-10 cm, glabrous, with a whorl of bracts ca. midlength; involucral tubes 5-7 mm, lobes 2-5 mm. Flowers 7-10 mm; perianth bright yellow. 2n = 40.