Latin name: Eriogonum panamintense C. Morton
  Pronunciation: er-ee-OG-an-um pan-a-min-TEN-see

  Common name: Panamint buckwheat
  Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
  Habitat: Dry rocky slopes 5000'-9500', open gravelly
  soils, pinyon-juniper woodland and bristlecone pine
  forest, Inyo-White and Clark-Providence Mountains

  Blooming period: July to October
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Eriogonum
  2) panamintense
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