Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 10661 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Erigeron pulcherrimus A. Heller
Common name "plateau fleabane"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (4575)  09 June 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 38°  46' 26" N, 111°  19 ' 30" W at 6160 feet (1878 m)
Locality Fremont Junction road, N of Cathedral Valley. S of I-70, foothill of rock escarpment E of road. 
Ecology salt 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):

     Erigeron pulcherrimus Heller

     Erigeron pulcherrimus var. wyomingia (Rydb.) Cronq.
     Erigeron wyomingia Rydb.

Common Name(s): basin fleabane.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=35933, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Erigeron
                                        Species: Erigeron pulcherrimus
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 10661s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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06313
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06723
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08410
specimen image: 09209s3.jpg 
09209
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12680
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12680
specimen image: 12680s2.jpg 
12680

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10666 Aliciella tenuis      "Mussentuchit Creek gilia" 1222 ft. E
10670 Astragalus ceramicus  var. ceramicus   "painted milkvetch" 1222 ft. E
10660 Atriplex gardneri  var. cuneata  same section
10665 Atriplex gardneri  var. utahensis   "Utah saltbush" 1222 ft. E
10740 Brassica campestris     same section
10659 Cleomella palmeriana      "Rocky Mountain stickweed" same section
10656 Comandra umbellata      "bastard toadflax" 1222 ft. E
10655 Cryptantha flava      "yellow cat's eye" 1222 ft. E
10668 Eriogonum corymbosum  var. corymbosum  1222 ft. E
10651 Eriogonum hookeri      "Hooker's wild buckwheat" 16 ft. N
10664 Eriogonum leptocladon  var. ramosissimum  1222 ft. E
10739 Eriogonum microthecum  var. simpsonii   "Simpson's wild buckwheat" 1222 ft. E
10657 Gaillardia spathulata      "Colorado Plateau blanketflower" 1222 ft. E
10669 Hymenopappus filifolius  var. cinereus   "common woollywhite" 1222 ft. E
10663 Ipomopsis pumila      "dwarf gilia" same section
10658 Platyschkuhria integrifolia  var. desertorum   "desert basin-daisy" 1235 ft. E
10662 Prenanthella exigua      "thorny skeleton plant" same section
10667 Sporobolus airoides  var. airoides   "alkali sacaton" 1222 ft. E

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Ivie Creek Bench (Bench) Sevier County, UT 2726 ft. N 6569  Walker Flat 
Windy Peak (Summit) Sevier County, UT 1.3 mi. SE 6746  Walker Flat 
Peacocks Place (historical) (Locale) Sevier County, UT 1.7 mi. N 6195  Walker Flat 
Oak Spring Creek (Stream) Sevier County, UT 2.2 mi. N   Old Woman Plateau 
Saleratus Creek (Stream) Sevier County, UT 2.5 mi. N   Old Woman Plateau 
Gilson Valley (Valley) Sevier County, UT 2.4 mi. N   Old Woman Plateau 
Trough Hollow Creek (Stream) Sevier County, UT 2.9 mi. N   Old Woman Plateau 
Trough Hollow (Valley) Sevier County, UT 2.9 mi. N   Old Woman Plateau 
Jensen Place (historical) (Locale) Sevier County, UT 3.2 mi. N 6158  Walker Flat 
North Hollow (Valley) Sevier County, UT 3.4 mi. S   Willow Springs 
Post Hollow (Valley) Sevier County, UT 2.8 mi. W   Johns Peak 
Willow Springs (Spring) Sevier County, UT 3.5 mi. S 6250  Willow Springs 
Dog Valley Mine (Mine) Emery County, UT 2.9 mi. E 6437  Walker Flat 
Coal Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.7 mi. NE   Walker Flat 
Fremont Junction (Populated Place) Sevier County, UT 3.3 mi. W 6815  Old Woman Plateau 
Jims Farm (Flat) Sevier County, UT 3.7 mi. SW 6959  Johns Peak 
North Fork Indian Canyon (Valley) Sevier County, UT 4.3 mi. S   Willow Springs 
Indian Canyon (Valley) Sevier County, UT 4.4 mi. S   Willow Springs 
Walker Flat (Flat) Sevier County, UT 4.6 mi. N 6149  Walker Flat 
Oak Spring Ranch (Locale) Sevier County, UT 3.7 mi. W 6690  Old Woman Plateau 

Links

Taxon Links for species Erigeron pulcherrimus  A. Heller

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=Erigeron+pulcherrimus

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