Flavum: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

	plants perennial; NOT [plants annual]
	NOT [stem diffusely branched, the branches slender]
	leaves hirsute above; NOT [leaves glabrous]
	inflorescence a more or less dense umbel; NOT [inflorescence a diffusely branched raceme] (BF)
	inflorescence a compound umbel; NOT [inflorescence a simple umbel] (FOA)
	NOT [flowers in reflexed heads] (FOA)
	inflorescence subtended by leaf-like bracts; NOT [inflorescence subtended by small, reduced bracts]
	bracts ascending; NOT [bracts spreading or reflexed]
	bracts linear; NOT [bracts lanceolate or oblong]
	perianth pubescent at base; NOT [perianth glabrous]

Eriogonum: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	NOT [dwarf annual, leaves subopposite, calyx 3-parted, stamens3]
	leaves without stipules
	flower clusters subtended by an involucre
	stamens 9; NOT [stamens 8 or fewer]

Polygonaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. Not all the answers lead to all members of Polygonaceae, but they all do lead to genus Eriogonum.

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	land plants; NOT [water plants]
	plants not parasitic on trees, rooted in soil or water; NOT [plants parasitic on branches of trees]
	plants with stems or stemless, but with more than one pair of leaves; NOT [plants stemless with a single pair of large reniform leaves]
	leaves alternate; lower ones sometimes opposite; NOT [leaves opposite]
	leaves without stipules; NOT [leaves with stipules free or sheathing the stem]
	leaves not compound and not very deeply divided; NOT [leaves compound or simple, but very deeply divided]
	leaves not orbicular or reniform; NOT [leaves orbicular or reniform]
	flowers colored; NOT [flowers small, numerous, greenish]
	perianth segments 6, in two series; NOT [perianth segments 2-5]
	stamens and pistils in each flower; NOT [stamens or pistils in separate flowers on the same plant]
	fruit dry when ripe; NOT [fruit fleshy when ripe]