Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 02668 
Family Rutaceae 
Species Thamnosma montana Torr. & Frem.
Common name "turpentinebroom"
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (s.n.)  27 March 1998
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  2' 52" N, 113°  54 ' 34" W
Township/Range T43S, R18W, Sec. 18 
Locality SW slope of the Beaver Dam Mountains, along old Highway 91, 2 miles south of Castle Cliff. 
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.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


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

     Thamnosma montana Torr. & Frém.

Common Name(s): Mohave desertrue, turpentine broom, turpentinebroom.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=29004, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Sapindales
                                Family: Rutaceae
                                    Genus: Thamnosma
                                        Species: Thamnosma montana
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 02668s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 09973s1.jpg 
09973
specimen image: 10186s1.jpg 
10186
specimen image: 11526f1.jpg 
11526
specimen image: 11526s1.jpg 
11526

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14280 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus     1.9 mi. S
10231 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus      "goldenhead" 1.3 mi. S
08387 Agave utahensis      "Utah agave" 1.7 mi. NW
10227 Allionia incarnata      "trailing windmills" 1.3 mi. S
08958 Ambrosia eriocentra      "woolly bur-sage" 1.7 mi. NW
10243 Astragalus nuttallianus  var. imperfectus   "Mojave small-flowered milkvetch" 1.3 mi. S
14283 Brickellia microphylla  var. scabra  1.7 mi. NW
14794 Buddleja utahensis     1.7 mi. NW
14284 Buddleja utahensis     1.7 mi. NW
05700 Carya illinoinensis      "Pecan" 1.7 mi. NW
10234 Chaenactis fremontii      "Fremont's pincushion" 1.3 mi. S
10237 Cryptantha micrantha      "purple-rooted forget-me-not" 1.3 mi. S
10238 Cryptantha pterocarya  var. cycloptera   "winged-nut forget-me-not" 1.3 mi. S
08389 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" 1.7 mi. NW
10232 Encelia frutescens  var. virginensis   "Virgin River brittlebush" 1.3 mi. S
14277 Ephedra torreyana     1.9 mi. S
14798 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" 1.7 mi. NW
10240 Eriastrum sparsiflorum      "Great Basin woollystar" 1.3 mi. S
14814 Eriogonum heermannii  var. sulcatum  1.7 mi. NW
14279 Krameria grayi     1.9 mi. S
14797 Lepidium fremontii     1.7 mi. NW
10233 Lepidium lasiocarpum  var. georginum  1.3 mi. S
02666 Lesquerella rectipes      "straight bladderpod" same section
10241 Linanthus bigelovii      "Bigelow's linanthus" 1.3 mi. S
10239 Loeseliastrum schottii      "Schott's calico" 1.3 mi. S
08959 Melia azedarach      "Chinaberrytree" 1.7 mi. NW
08305 Neolloydia johnsonii     1.7 mi. NW
10242 Oenothera primiveris  var. bufonis  1.3 mi. S
08960 Parthenium incanum      "mariola" 1.7 mi. NW
02667 Phacelia fremontii     same section
03652 Phacelia vallis-mortae      "Death Valley scorpionweed" 1.5 mi. S
08385 Physaria rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 1.7 mi. NW
10235 Plantago patagonica  var. gnaphalioides   "Pursh's plantain" 1.3 mi. S
03655 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1.5 mi. S
14281 Psilostrophe cooperi     same section
10228 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1.3 mi. S
08245 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1.4 mi. NW
14457 Salazaria mexicana     1.4 mi. NW
08386 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 1.7 mi. NW
10230 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 1.3 mi. S
08957 Senecio douglasii  var. monoensis   "Mono ragwort" 1.7 mi. NW
10229 Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia      "gooseberry-leaf globemallow" 1.3 mi. S
10236 Stylocline micropoides      "woollyhead nest-straw" 1.3 mi. S
14276 Thamnosma montana     1.9 mi. S
14458 Thamnosma montana     1.4 mi. NW
03675 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" 1.5 mi. S
08388 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" 1.7 mi. NW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Joshua Tree Natural Area (Reserve) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. SE 3140  Castle Cliff 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 1.5 mi. E 4055  Castle Cliff 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 1.8 mi. NE 3862  Castle Cliff 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 3373  Jarvis Peak 
Welcome Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. N 4544  Castle Cliff 
Bulldog Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.8 mi. SE   Jarvis Peak 
Summit Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3 mi. NE   Castle Cliff 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. SE 4341  Jarvis Peak 
Summit Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.8 mi. NE 4600  Jarvis Peak 
Middle Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. N 4728  Castle Cliff 
Reber Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 5.5 mi. N 4242  Castle Cliff 
Welcome Creek (Stream) Mohave County, AZ 6.6 mi. SW   West Mountain Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Thamnosma montana  Torr. & Frem.

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=Thamnosma+montana

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