Eriogonum nidularium
 Eriogonum nidularium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name birdnest buckwheat. It is native to the sandy flats and dry washes of the Mojave Desert and Great Basin in the western United States where it is common and abundant. This is a distinctive annual herb producing a thin multibranched stem which curves in on itself to form a rounded tangled mass.