''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

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and western

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, including the

Panamint Range The Panamint Range is a short rugged fault-block mountain range in the northern Mojave Desert, within Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, eastern California. Dr. Darwin French is credited as applying the term Panamint in 1860 during his ...

. It grows in various types of mountain ridge habitat, such as

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and coniferous woodland.

Description

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

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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.

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Calflora Database: ''Eriogonum panamintense'' (Panamint mountain buckwheat)Jepson eFlora treatment of ''Eriogonum panamintense''UC ClalPhotos gallery of ''Eriogonum panamintense'' (Panamint mountain buckwheat)
panamintense Flora of the California desert regions Flora of Nevada Flora of the Great Basin Natural history of the Mojave Desert Death Valley National Park Panamint Range Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1935 {{Polygonaceae-stub