Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum panamintense is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Panamint Mountain buckwheat. It is native to several of the desert mountain ranges of eastern California and western Nevada, including the Panamint Range. It grows in various types of mountain ridge habitat, such as sagebrush and coniferous woodland. This is a perennial herb producing small clumps of erect stems up to about 40 centimeters. The woolly, oval leaves are located around the base of the stems. The flower cluster is a spreading array of branches lined with clusters of white to off-white to brownish flowers, each of which is no more than half a centimeter long.

Plant type

Shrub, Perennial herb

Size

6 - 60 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Brown

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Site type

Dry places

Plant communities

Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 24 likely

Confirmed Likely

Sonoran Metalmark

Apodemia mejicanus

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

Behr's Metalmark

Apodemia virgulti

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus