Plants herbs, loosely matted, 0.5–2.5 (3) dm tall, 1–3 (5) dm across; aerial flowering stems tomentose or glabrous; leaves with petiole bases not forming distinct ring around stem, the blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 0.5–1 (1.2) cm long, 0.2–0.4 (0.5) cm wide; inflorescences virgate or cymose, the branches dichotomous, mostly slender; involucres 1.5–4 mm long; flowers 2–3 mm long, the perianth white to pink; achenes 2–2.5 mm long. 2n = 34.

Flowers 2–3 mm long, the perianth white to pink.

Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum below Whitney Portal.

Flowering June to September. Gravelly to rocky, often volcanic or granitic flats, washes, slopes, and outcrops, sagebrush and chaparral communities, oak, pinyon-juniper, and montane conifer woodlands; 200–3400 m.

Leaves of Eriogonum wrighty var. subscaposum with drops of dew.

Leaves with petiole bases not forming distinct ring around stem, the blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 0.5–1 (1.2) cm long, 0.2–0.4 (0.5) cm wide.