Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 11488 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Centrostegia thurberi A. Gray ex Benth.
Common name "Thurber's spineflower"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (4940)  26 April 2006
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  16' 22" N, 113°  57 ' 15" W at 3822 feet (1165 m)
Locality along a dirt road, ca. 2.5 road miles S of the junction with Motoqua Road, in the low hills E of the road, ca. 3.5 air miles SE of Motoqua; 
Ecology Joshua tree forest; gravelly soil; 
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):

     Centrostegia thurberi Gray ex Benth.

     Centrostegia thurberi var. macrotheca (J.T. Howell) Goodman
     Chorizanthe thurberi (Gray ex Benth.) S. Wats.
     Chorizanthe thurberi var. macrotheca J.T. Howell

Common Name(s): red triangles, red-triangles, spring flower.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=21001, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Centrostegia
                                        Species: Centrostegia thurberi
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 11488s1.jpg specimen image: 11488f1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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02382
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05212
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08446
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10552
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11510

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
11506 Amsinckia tessellata      "bristly fiddleneck" 1.2 mi. N
11502 Anemone tuberosa      "tuber windflower" 1.2 mi. N
11503 Calycoseris parryi      "yellow tackstem" 1.2 mi. N
11511 Calyptridium monandrum     1.2 mi. N
11512 Calyptridium monandrum     1.2 mi. N
11510 Centrostegia thurberi      "Thurber's spineflower" 1.2 mi. N
11505 Chorizanthe brevicornu  var. brevicornu   "brittle spineflower" 1.2 mi. N
11497 Cryptantha barbigera     same section
11496 Cryptantha micrantha      "purple-rooted forget-me-not" same section
11490 Cryptantha pterocarya  var. pterocarya   "winged-nut forget-me-not" same section
11509 Delphinium parishii  var. parishii  1.2 mi. N
11486 Eriastrum diffusum      "miniature woollystar" same section
14473 Eriogonum fasciculatum     1.7 mi. E
11494 Eriogonum maculatum      "spotted wild buckwheat" same section
11480 Eriogonum nidularium      "birdnest wild buckwheat" same section
11513 Eriogonum pusillum      "yellowturbans" 1.2 mi. N
11487 Eriophyllum wallacei      "Wallace's easter bonnets" same section
11489 Gilia brecciarum  ssp. brecciarum   "Nevada gilia" same section
11504 Gilia sinuata      "rosy gilia" 1.2 mi. N
11516 Ipomopsis polycladon      "spreading gilia" 1.2 mi. N
11517 Langloisia setosissima  ssp. setosissima   "Great Basin langloisia" 1.2 mi. N
11493 Lupinus sparsiflorus      "Coulter's lupine" same section
11507 Malacothrix clevelandii  var. stebbinsii   "Stebbins' desert-dandelion" 1.2 mi. N
11482 Malacothrix glabrata      "smooth desert-dandelion" same section
11518 Malacothrix sonchoides      "sowthistle desert-dandelion" 1.2 mi. N
11508 Mentzelia albicaulis      "whitestem blazingstar" 1.2 mi. N
11483 Oenothera primiveris  var. bufonis  same section
11495 Pectocarya setosa      "bristly combseed" same section
11514 Phacelia fremontii      "Fremont's scorpionweed" 1.2 mi. N
11485 Phacelia fremontii      "Fremont's scorpionweed" same section
11515 Plagiobothrys arizonicus      "Arizona popcornflower" 1.2 mi. N
11484 Plantago insularis     same section
11491 Salvia columbariae      "chia" same section
11481 Schismus barbatus      "common Mediterranean grass" same section
11492 Silene antirrhina      "sleepy silene" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Red Hollow Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 1.6 mi. NE 3957  Motoqua 
Red Hollow (Valley) Juab County, UT 2 mi. S   Motoqua 
Bentley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.9 mi. W   Motoqua 
Red Hollow Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. NE 4062  Motoqua 
Bentley Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. W 3409  Motoqua 
Mormon Range (Range) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. N 3694  Motoqua 
Motoqua (Populated Place) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. NW 3481  Motoqua 
Jackson Wash (Valley) Juab County, UT 3.8 mi. SW   Gunlock 
East Fork Beaver Dam Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. NW   Maple Ridge 
Nordin Ranch (Locale) Washington County, UT 4.1 mi. N 3822  Motoqua 
Jackson Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.5 mi. E 3963  Motoqua 
Jackson Well (Well) Washington County, UT 4.3 mi. SW 3133  West Mountain Peak 
East Bunker Peak Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.7 mi. N   Bunker Peak 
East Bunker Peak Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 4.7 mi. N   Docs Pass 
Jackson Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 4.1 mi. E 3963  Motoqua 
Dodge Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.8 mi. NW 3973  Dodge Spring 
Scarecrow Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 5.1 mi. SW 4400  Scarecrow Peak 
Square Top Mountain (Summit) Washington County, UT 6.2 mi. NE 6989  Motoqua 

Links

Taxon Links for species Centrostegia thurberi  A. Gray ex Benth.

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=Centrostegia+thurberi

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