Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 10338 
Family Onagraceae 
Species Gaura coccinea Nutt. ex Pursh
Common name "scarlet beeblossom"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (4219)  19 April 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  4' 59" N, 113°  55 ' 33" W at 3816 feet (1163 m)
Locality Beaver Dam Mountains, SE of Welcome Creek Wash, along Eardley Road, ca. 3 road miles W of Old Highway 91, at pass between two rocky knolls, on the E side of the road; 
Ecology warm desert shrub community with barrel cactus and Joshua trees; rock crevices, rocky soil, W-facing slope. 
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):

     Gaura coccinea Nutt. ex Pursh

     Gaura coccinea var. arizonica Munz
     Gaura coccinea var. epilobioides (Kunth) Munz
     Gaura coccinea var. glabra (Lehm.) Munz
     Gaura coccinea var. parvifolia (Torr.) Rickett
     Gaura coccinea var. typica Munz
     Gaura glabra Lehm.
     Gaura odorata Sessé ex Lag.

Common Name(s): scarlet beeblossom, scarlet gaura, Scarlet guara.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=27646, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Myrtales
                                Family: Onagraceae
                                    Genus: Gaura
                                        Species: Gaura coccinea
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09339 Achnatherum speciosum      "desert needlegrass" 1390 ft. NE
09332 Aloysia wrightii      "Wright's beebrush" 1416 ft. NE
14506 Ambrosia dumosa     488 ft. E
14502 Amphipappus fremontii  var. spinosus  488 ft. E
14507 Atriplex canescens  var. canescens  488 ft. E
14460 Brickellia atractyloides     1642 ft. NE
10323 Brickellia atractyloides      "spearleaf brickellbush" same section
09342 Buddleja utahensis      "Utah butterflybush" 1390 ft. NE
10336 Castilleja chromosa      "common paintbrush" same section
10326 Chaenactis macrantha      "showy dusty-maiden" same section
10333 Cheilanthes parryi      "Parry's lipfern" same section
09338 Cryptantha virginensis      "Virgin River cat's eye" 1390 ft. NE
10250 Dasyochloa pulchella      "low woollygrass" 2.3 mi. S
10337 Ephedra viridis      "green ephedra" same section
10329 Galium proliferum      "limestone bedstraw" same section
09347 Krameria erecta      "little-leaf ratany" 1390 ft. NE
09340 Langloisia setosissima  ssp. setosissima   "Great Basin langloisia" 1390 ft. NE
10324 Linanthus demissus      "desertsnow" same section
14505 Lycium andersonii     488 ft. E
10325 Mimulus parryi      "annual redspot monkeyflower" same section
10249 Nama demissum      "purplemat" 2.3 mi. S
10332 Nemacladus glanduliferus      "glandular threadplant" same section
10327 Oenothera primiveris  var. bufonis  same section
10335 Parietaria pensylvanica     same section
09337 Parietaria pensylvanica      "Pennsylvania pellitory" 1390 ft. NE
10248 Phacelia fremontii      "Fremont's scorpionweed" 2.3 mi. S
10334 Phacelia rotundifolia     same section
10251 Physaria rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 2.3 mi. S
10330 Plantago patagonica      "woolly plantain" same section
09344 Psorothamnus fremontii      "Fremont's dalea" 1390 ft. NE
09346 Psorothamnus polydenius      "Nevada dalea" 1390 ft. NE
14496 Psorothamnus polydenius     2837 ft. NE
10340 Purshia mexicana  var. stansburyana   "cliff rose" same section
09345 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 1390 ft. NE
09341 Schismus barbatus      "common Mediterranean grass" 1390 ft. NE
10331 Silene antirrhina      "sleepy silene" same section
09348 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" 1390 ft. NE
10328 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" same section
10339 Xylorhiza tortifolia  var. tortifolia   "Mojave aster" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Welcome Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 1.3 mi. NE 4544  Castle Cliff 
Middle Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. N 4728  Castle Cliff 
Reber Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. N 4242  Castle Cliff 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 2.5 mi. SE 3862  Castle Cliff 
Sam Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. N 4685  West Mountain Peak 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 3 mi. SE 4055  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3 mi. E 4600  Jarvis Peak 
Crazy Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.8 mi. N 4580  West Mountain Peak 
Joshua Tree Natural Area (Reserve) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. S 3140  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. E   Castle Cliff 
Grapevine Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4 mi. NE 5735  West Mountain Peak 
Indian Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.4 mi. N 5181  West Mountain Peak 
Beaver Dam Mountains (Range) Washington County, UT 5.3 mi. N 6998  West Mountain Peak 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 5.1 mi. SE 3373  Jarvis Peak 
Bulldog Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 5.2 mi. SE   Jarvis Peak 
West Mountain Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 5.5 mi. NE 7507  West Mountain Peak 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 5.8 mi. SE 4341  Jarvis Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Gaura coccinea  Nutt. ex Pursh

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=Gaura+coccinea

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