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Ibex Buckwheat (Eriogonum ammophilum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Ibex Buckwheat (Eriogonum ammophilum)

Eriogonum ammophilum grows in sandy washes, flats, and dunes, and stabilized sand with shadescale, horsebrush, winterfat, rabbitbrush, ephedra, and pinyo...


Ibex Buckwheat (Eriogonum ammophilum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Ibex Buckwheat (Eriogonum ammophilum)

Eriogonum ammophilum grows in sandy washes, flats, and dunes, and stabilized sand with shadescale, horsebrush, winterfat, rabbitbrush, ephedra, and pinyo...


Kaye's Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum artificis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Kaye's Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum artificis)

Eriogonum artificis, or Kaye's Buckwheat, is endemic to Utah. It has been found in Beaver County, Utah. It occurs in sandy to gravelly soil on volcanic s...


Kaye's Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum artificis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Kaye's Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum artificis)

Eriogonum artificis, or Kaye's Buckwheat, is endemic to Utah. It has been found in Beaver County, Utah. It occurs in sandy to gravelly soil on volcanic s...


Comb Wash Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum clavellatum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Comb Wash Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum clavellatum)

Eriogonum clavellatum or wash buckwheat is a relatively rare perennial shrub endemic to sandy and clay washes with salt and desert shrub communities in C...


Comb Wash Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum clavellatum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Comb Wash Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum clavellatum)

Eriogonum clavellatum or wash buckwheat is a relatively rare perennial shrub endemic to sandy and clay washes with salt and desert shrub communities in C...


Gate Canyon Buckwheat (Eriogonum hylophilum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Gate Canyon Buckwheat (Eriogonum hylophilum)

Eriogonum hylophilum or gate canyon wild buckwheat is a subshrub endemic to the tavaputs plateau in Utah. This species has white cymose flowers which blo...


Scarlet Buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Scarlet Buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum)

Eriogonum microthecum var. phoeniceum has a restricted range where it is known from Millard County, Utah. This species grows on volcanic tuff outc...


Scarlet Buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Scarlet Buckwheat (Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum)

Eriogonum microthecum var. phoeniceum has a restricted range where it is known from Millard County, Utah. This species grows on volcanic tuff outc...


Lost Creek Buckwheat (Eriogonum mitophyllum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Lost Creek Buckwheat (Eriogonum mitophyllum)

Eriogonum mitophyllum is endemic to Sevier County, Utah. It is known to be in a single four-mile region of the Arapien shale badlands. The flowers a...


Lost Creek Buckwheat (Eriogonum mitophyllum)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Lost Creek Buckwheat (Eriogonum mitophyllum)

Eriogonum mitophyllum is endemic to Sevier County, Utah. It is known to be in a single four-mile region of the Arapien shale badlands. The flowers a...


Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

Eriogonum smithii is endemic to San Rafael Desert along the boundary of Emery and Wayne Counties, Utah. Smith's Buckwheat (or Flat Top buckwheat) can be ...


Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

Eriogonum smithii is endemic to San Rafael Desert along the boundary of Emery and Wayne Counties, Utah. Smith's Buckwheat (or Flat Top buckwheat) can be ...


Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

Eriogonum smithii is endemic to San Rafael Desert along the boundary of Emery and Wayne Counties, Utah. Smith's Buckwheat (or Flat Top buckwheat) can be ...


Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

Eriogonum smithii is endemic to San Rafael Desert along the boundary of Emery and Wayne Counties, Utah. Smith's Buckwheat (or Flat Top buckwheat) can be ...


Frisco Buckwheat (Eriogonum soredium)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Frisco Buckwheat (Eriogonum soredium)

Eriogonum soredium, commonly named Frisco Buckwheat, is endemic to the San Francisco Mountains in Beaver County, Utah. It is found on white limeston...


Frisco Buckwheat (Eriogonum soredium)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Frisco Buckwheat (Eriogonum soredium)

Eriogonum soredium, commonly named Frisco Buckwheat, is endemic to the San Francisco Mountains in Beaver County, Utah. It is found on white limeston...


Zion Buckwheat (Eriogonum zionis var. zionis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Zion Buckwheat (Eriogonum zionis var. zionis)

Eriogonum zionis var. zionis is a variety of buckwheat endemic to the southern portion of Utah and parts of Arizona. This herb is found sandy soils in a ...


Zion Buckwheat (Eriogonum zionis var. zionis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Buckwheats (Polygonales) › Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae) › Zion Buckwheat (Eriogonum zionis var. zionis)

Eriogonum zionis var. zionis is a variety of buckwheat endemic to the southern portion of Utah and parts of Arizona. This herb is found sandy soils in a ...



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