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Label

Accession No. 10185 
Family Boraginaceae 
Species Amsinckia intermedia Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (4248)  19 April 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  14' 52" N, 113°  50 ' 36" W at 3886 feet (1184 m)
Locality Pahcoon Spring Wash, NW of Pahcoon Spring, along the Motoqua Road ca. 7.2 road miles NW of the junction with Old Highway 91; 
Ecology rocky soil, conglomerate and petrified wood outcrop; juniper forest and desert shrub community. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia (Fisch & C.A. Mey.) Ganders
     Amsinckia arizonica Suksdorf
     Amsinckia demissa Suksdorf
     Amsinckia echinata Gray
     Amsinckia intactilis J.F. Macbr.
     Amsinckia intermedia Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
     Amsinckia intermedia Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
     Amsinckia intermedia Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
     Amsinckia intermedia var. echinata (Gray) Wiggins
     Amsinckia microphylla Suksdorf
     Amsinckia nana Suksdorf
     Amsinckia rigida Suksdorf

Common Name(s): Amsinckia menziesii var. inter, coast buckthorn, coast fiddleneck, common fiddleneck, fiddleneck, intermediate fiddleneck.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=531246, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Lamiales
                                Family: Boraginaceae
                                    Genus: Amsinckia
                                        Species: Amsinckia menziesii
                                            Variety: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 10185s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 06226s2.jpg 
06226
 specimen image: 06244s2.jpg 
06244
 specimen image: 08912s2.jpg 
08912
 specimen image: 15887s1.jpg 
15887

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05839 Astragalus amphioxys  var. amphioxys   "crescent milkvetch" 1 mi. SE
05889 Calochortus flexuosus      "winding mariposa lily" 1 mi. SE
05891 Cymopterus purpureus  var. purpureus   "purple spring parsley" 1 mi. SE
05843 Delphinium parishii  var. parishii  1 mi. SE
05883 Haplopappus gracilis      "slender goldenweed" 1 mi. SE
05886 Helianthus petiolaris  ssp. fallax   "prairie sunflower" 1 mi. SE
05885 Langloisia setosissima  ssp. setosissima   "Great Basin langloisia" 1 mi. SE
10183 Lotus humistratus      "foothill deervetch" same section
05888 Lupinus brevicaulis      "shortstem lupine" 1 mi. SE
05887 Microseris lindleyi      "Lindley's silverpuffs" 1 mi. SE
05882 Phacelia pulchella  var. pulchella   "beautiful scorpionweed" 1 mi. SE
05890 Phacelia vallis-mortae      "Death Valley scorpionweed" 1 mi. SE
10184 Thysanocarpus curvipes      "fringe pod" same section
05847 Vulpia octoflora      "sixweeks fescue" 1 mi. SE

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Pahcoon Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 1 mi. SE 3773  Shivwits 
Pahcoon Flat (Flat) Washington County, UT 1.9 mi. S 4406  Shivwits 
Jackson Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. NW 3963  Motoqua 
Rods Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. N 3996  Gunlock 
Cole Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. N 4196  Gunlock 
Limekiln Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3 mi. NE   Gunlock 
Jackson Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. NW 3963  Motoqua 
Manganese Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. N 4249  Gunlock 
Gunlock Campground (Locale) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. E 3603  Gunlock 
Gunlock State Park (Park) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. E 3609  Gunlock 
Manganese Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. E   Gunlock 
Gunlock Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. E 3570  Gunlock 
Gunlock Dam (Dam) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. E 3717  Shivwits 
Gunlock Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. E 3717  Shivwits 
Intermittent Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 5.1 mi. N 4518  Gunlock 
Sand Cove Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.2 mi. E   Santa Clara 
Miners Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.4 mi. NE   Gunlock 
Pahcoon Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 5.1 mi. SE   Gunlock 
Camp Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 5.8 mi. SE 3452  Shivwits 
Shem (Populated Place) Washington County, UT 5.6 mi. SE 3297  Shivwits 

Links

Taxon Links for species Amsinckia intermedia  Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Amsinckia+intermedia

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