Ibex Buckwheat
Eriogonum ammophilum
NatureServe conservation status
Global (G-rank): G1G2
State (S-rank): S2
Utah Wildlife Action Plan status
- SGCN
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General information
Eriogonum ammophilum grows in sandy washes, flats, and dunes, and stabilized sand with shadescale, horsebrush, winterfat, rabbitbrush, ephedra, and pinyon-juniper communities between 4,790 and 6,200 feet elevation. It has a narrow range, its location confirmed only in Millard County, Utah.
Description
Eriogonum ammophilum grows in sandy washes, flats, and dunes, and stabilized sand with shadescale, horsebrush, winterfat, rabbitbrush, ephedra, and pinyon-juniper communities between 4,790 and 6,200 feet elevation. It has a narrow range, its location confirmed only in Millard County, Utah.
Phenology
Flowers from June to mid-August
Diagnostic characteristics
This species is distinguished from E. nummulare by its glabrous inflorescence and glabrous and narrowly obconic involucres.
Species range
Endemic to Millard County, Utah.
Threats or limiting factors
Primary threats include impacts to habitat from grazing, drought, recreation, invasive weeds like Salsola tragus and Bromus spp., and mining (URPD 2025).
Taxonomy
No, this species does not have taxonomic discrepancies