Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 12020 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Chrysopsis zionensis (Semple) S.L. Welsh
Common name "Zion goldenaster"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (5456)  28 September 2006
Geography United States,  Utah, Garfield County
Lat./Long. 37°  48' 22" N, 111°  27 ' 30" W at 6417 feet (1956 m)
Locality Highway 9, about 5 miles S of Boulder. 
Ecology juniper community; deep white sandy 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


No synonyms recognized in the ITIS database.

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 12020s1.jpg specimen image: 12020d1.jpg specimen image: 12020c1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03841s2.jpg 
03841
specimen image: 05819s2.jpg 
05819

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
12024 Cordylanthus kingii  var. kingii   "King's birdbeak" same section
12025 Corispermum americanum      "American bugseed" same section
12026 Cryptantha fendleri      "Fendler's forget-me-not" same section
12023 Dimorphocarpa wislizeni      "Wislizen's spectacle pod" same section
12027 Eriogonum cernuum  var. psammophilum   "nodding buckwheat" same section
12021 Linum aristatum      "bristle flax" same section
12022 Stephanomeria pauciflora      "brownplume wirelettuce" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Willow Patch Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 1926 ft. SW   Calf Creek 
Sand Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 0.8 mi. S   Calf Creek 
Bowington Bench (Bench) Garfield County, UT 1.5 mi. E 5889  Calf Creek 
Sand Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.1 mi. S   Jacobs Reservoir 
McGath Point (Summit) Garfield County, UT 2.2 mi. N 6680  Calf Creek 
Escalante Natural Bridge (Bridge) Garfield County, UT 2.4 mi. S 5558  Calf Creek 
McGath Point Bench (Bench) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. N 6697  Calf Creek 
Lower Calf Creek Falls (Falls) Garfield County, UT 2.6 mi. NE 5607  Calf Creek 
Calf Creek Recreation Area (Locale) Garfield County, UT 2.5 mi. E 5355  Calf Creek 
Calf Creek Campground (Locale) Garfield County, UT 2.6 mi. SE 5443  Calf Creek 
Upper Calf Creek Falls (Falls) Garfield County, UT 3.4 mi. N 6034  Calf Creek 
The Hogback (Ridge) Garfield County, UT 3 mi. NE 6313  Calf Creek 
Calf Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3 mi. SE   Calf Creek 
Phipps-Death Hollow Outstanding Natural Area (Area) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. W 6532  Escalante 
Death Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.1 mi. SW   Roger Peak 
Mamie Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3.1 mi. SW   Escalante 
Boynton Lookout (Locale) Garfield County, UT 3.1 mi. E 5909  Calf Creek 
Haymaker Bench (Bench) Garfield County, UT 3.2 mi. E 5958  Calf Creek 
Dry Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.3 mi. E   Boulder Town 
Slickrock Saddle (Gap) Garfield County, UT 3.5 mi. NW 6444  Escalante 

Links

Taxon Links for species Chrysopsis zionensis  (Semple) S.L. Welsh

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=Chrysopsis+zionensis

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