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Label

Accession No. 11129 
Family Loasaceae 
Species Mentzelia laevicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & Gray
Common name "smoothstem blazingstar"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3932)  25 June 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Juab County
Lat./Long. 39°  51' 20" N, 113°  47 ' 23" W at 5084 feet (1550 m)
Locality Deep Creek Mountains, footslopes below Indian Farm Creek Canyon, ca 8 km due SW of Callao; 
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):

     Mentzelia laevicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Torr. & Gray

Common Name(s): blazingstar mentzelia, smoothstem blazingstar.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=503779, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Violales
                                Family: Loasaceae
                                    Genus: Mentzelia
                                        Species: Mentzelia laevicaulis
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 11129s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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01242
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01482
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02790
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02841
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03905
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10276
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11707
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11707
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11707
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11795
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11795

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
11127 Camissonia boothii  var. alyssioides   "Booth's camissonia" same section
11128 Erysimum capitatum  var. capitatum   "sand dune wallflower" same section
11130 Polygala acanthoclada  var. intricata  same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Dell Canyon (Valley) Juab County, UT 0.8 mi. N   Indian Farm Creek 
Kent Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 0.9 mi. SW 5154  Indian Farm Creek 
CCC Campground (Locale) Juab County, UT 0.8 mi. E 4807  Indian Farm Creek 
Snake Valley (Valley) Juab County, UT 2.1 mi. E   Mormon Gap 
Snake Valley (Basin) White Pine County, NV 2.1 mi. E 4692  Baker 
Middle Canyon (Valley) Juab County, UT 2.8 mi. N   Goshute Canyon 
Big Canyon (Valley) Juab County, UT 2.9 mi. N   Goshute 
Goshute Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.6 mi. N   Goshute 
Rock Springs (Spring) Tooele County, UT 4.1 mi. N 5243  Goshute Canyon 
Indian Squaw Rock (Pillar) Juab County, UT 3.8 mi. NW 7628  Goshute Canyon 
Falkenberg Ranch (Locale) Juab County, UT 5.1 mi. S 5456  Indian Farm Creek 
Cottonwood Canyon (Valley) Juab County, UT 5.4 mi. S   Ibapah Peak 
Oro del Rey Mine (Mine) Tooele County, UT 5.3 mi. N 8701  Goshute Canyon 
Willow Springs Station (Locale) Juab County, UT 5.1 mi. NE 4337  Callao 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Juab County, UT 5.1 mi. NE 4337  Callao 
Big Spring (Spring) Tooele County, UT 5.3 mi. NE 4331  Callao 
Swimming Hole (Lake) Tooele County, UT 5.4 mi. NE 4331  Callao 
Basin Creek (Stream) Juab County, UT 5.2 mi. NE   Goshute 
Jacobs Hole (Lake) Tooele County, UT 6.3 mi. NE 4318  Callao 

Links

Taxon Links for species Mentzelia laevicaulis  (Hook.) Torr. & Gray

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=Mentzelia+laevicaulis

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