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Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)
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Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)

General: Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense) is an evergreen, low-growing subshrub with upright, sparsely leafed stems and flower stalks that stand above the leafy parts of the plant. Most leaves are basal, oval, and densely white-hairy. The flowers are white.

Panamint Mountains Buckwheat is an uncommon component of vegetation communities in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) and Transition (Yellow Pine Forest) life zones and can be found on higher bajadas and middle slopes in the mountains.

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae).

Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense) Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)
Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense) Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)
Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense) Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)
Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense) Panamint Mountains Buckwheat (Eriogonum panamintense)
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Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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