Eriogonum abertianum  Abert's Buckwheat
ANNUAL.  A rosette of small downy heart-shaped, blunt-pointed bluish green leaves with multiple flowerstalks.  Flowers tightly clustered, pink and white, cup-shaped, with mealy outer surfaces.  In the Empires, common on coarse gravel in desert grassland.
FAMILY:  Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)