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Label

Accession No. 10514 
Family Brassicaceae 
Species Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins
Common name "Wislizen's spectacle pod"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (4448)  17 May 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  4' 48.4" N, 111°  53 ' 22.4" W at 4322 feet (1317 m)
Locality Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Paria wilderness area, Paria Canyon, trailhead. 
Ecology sandy wash area leading to Paria River. 
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):

     Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins
     Dithyrea griffithsii Woot. & Standl.
     Dithyrea wislizeni Engelm.
     Dithyrea wislizeni var. griffithsii (Woot. & Standl.) Payson

Common Name(s): spectacle pod, spectaclepod, touristplant, Wislizeni's spectaclepod.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=502067, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Capparales
                                Family: Brassicaceae
                                    Genus: Dimorphocarpa
                                        Species: Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 10514s4.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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02956
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03776
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04260
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05171
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08463
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08507
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11079
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11560
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11560
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12023
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12023
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12023
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12569
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12569
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12569
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12591

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10564 Aliciella hutchinsifolia      "desert pale gilia" 2418 ft. N
10562 Astragalus amphioxys  var. modestus   "modest crescent milkvetch" 2418 ft. N
10567 Cryptantha cinerea  var. jamesii   "James' cat's eye" 2418 ft. N
10533 Cryptantha micrantha      "purple-rooted forget-me-not" 52 ft. SW
10560 Eriogonum leptocladon  var. papiliunculi  2418 ft. N
10563 Eriogonum wetherillii      "Wetherill's wild buckwheat" 2418 ft. N
10511 Eriogonum wetherillii      "Wetherill's wild buckwheat" 52 ft. SW
10561 Gaillardia pinnatifida      "Hopi blanketflower" 2418 ft. N
10512 Machaeranthera tanacetifolia      "tanseyleaf tansy aster" 52 ft. SW
10559 Malacothrix glabrata      "smooth desert-dandelion" 2418 ft. N
10568 Malacothrix sonchoides      "sowthistle desert-dandelion" 2460 ft. N
10565 Nama retrorsum      "betatakin fiddleleaf" 2418 ft. N
10513 Oenothera pallida  var. pallida   "Pale evening-primrose" 52 ft. SW
06539 Orobanche fasciculata      "clustered broomrape" 1.6 mi. S
10532 Phacelia ivesiana      "Ives' scorpionweed" 52 ft. SW
10531 Sphaeralcea parvifolia      "small-leaf globemallow" 52 ft. SW
10558 Sphaeralcea parvifolia      "small-leaf globemallow" 2418 ft. N
10566 Stephanomeria runcinata      "desert wirelettuce" 2418 ft. N
10510 Tripterocalyx micranthus      "small-flowered sandverbena" 52 ft. SW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Whitehouse Trailhead (Locale) Kane County, UT 661 ft. S 4318  West Clark Bench 
Paria Ranger Station (Locale) Kane County, UT 681 ft. SW 4298  West Clark Bench 
White House (Locale) Kane County, UT 2072 ft. S 4351  West Clark Bench 
White House Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2496 ft. SW 4380  West Clark Bench 
East Cove (Basin) Kane County, UT 1.2 mi. N 4574  West Clark Bench 
Calf Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 1.3 mi. S 4597  West Clark Bench 
Long Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 1.3 mi. NW   West Clark Bench 
Picturesque Windows (Arch) Kane County, UT 2 mi. SE 4557  Bridger Point 
The Rimrocks (Cliff) Kane County, UT 2.2 mi. N 4708  Bridger Point 
Sand Gulch (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.3 mi. N   Fivemile Valley 
Johnson Store Butte (Summit) Kane County, UT 2.6 mi. NW 4446  West Clark Bench 
Adairville (Locale) Kane County, UT 2.9 mi. N 4403  West Clark Bench 
West Clark Bench (Bench) Kane County, UT 3.2 mi. SW 5089  West Clark Bench 
The Dive (Cliff) Kane County, UT 3.5 mi. SW 4666  West Clark Bench 
Cobra Arch (Arch) Kane County, UT 4.1 mi. S 4639  West Clark Bench 
Paria Canyon Primitive Area (Area) Kane County, UT 4.1 mi. SW 4547  West Clark Bench 
West Cove (Basin) Kane County, UT 4 mi. NW 4570  West Clark Bench 
Bridge Point (Cape) Kane County, UT 5.4 mi. S 5177  Bridger Point 
Buckskin Gulch (Valley) Kane County, UT 5.6 mi. S   Eightmile Pass 
Paria Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 5.6 mi. S   West Clark Bench 

Links

Taxon Links for species Dimorphocarpa wislizeni  (Engelm.) Rollins

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=Dimorphocarpa+wislizeni

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