Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 12606 
Family Brassicaceae 
Species Physaria acutifolia Rydb.
Subspecies var. acutifolia 
Common name "sharpleaf twinpod"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (5503)  04 April 2007
Geography United States,  Utah, San Juan County
Lat./Long. 37°  17' 46" N, 109°  49 ' 21" W at 4802 feet (1464 m)
Locality Valley of the Gods, Valley of the Gods Road, S of the road, along the West Fork of Lime Creek; 
Ecology seasonally wet gravelly wash. 
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):

     Physaria acutifolia var. acutifolia Rydb.

     Physaria australis (Payson) Rollins

Common Name(s): sharpleaf twinpod, southern twinpod.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=529642, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Capparales
                                Family: Brassicaceae
                                    Genus: Physaria
                                        Species: Physaria acutifolia
                                            Variety: Physaria acutifolia var. acutifolia
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 12606s1.jpg specimen image: 12606c1.jpg specimen image: 12606d1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 01545s2.jpg 
01545
specimen image: 02046s2.jpg 
02046
specimen image: 02992s2.jpg 
02992
specimen image: 04789s2.jpg 
04789
specimen image: 06090s2.jpg 
06090
specimen image: 06751s2.jpg 
06751
specimen image: 08079s2.jpg 
08079
specimen image: 08340s2.jpg 
08340
specimen image: 08703s2.jpg 
08703
specimen image: 08881s2.jpg 
08881
specimen image: 10348s3.jpg 
10348
specimen image: 12098b1.jpg 
12098
specimen image: 12098a1.jpg 
12098
specimen image: 12098s2.jpg 
12098
specimen image: 12651s1.jpg 
12651

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
12610 Androstephium breviflorum     same section
12612 Castilleja scabrida  var. scabrida   "rough paintbrush" same section
12607 Draba cuneifolia  var. cuneifolia   "wedgeleaf draba" same section
12604 Lappula occidentalis      "western stickseed" same section
12611 Lepidium montanum  var. jonesii   "Jones' pepperweed" same section
12605 Mahonia fremontii      "Fremont's mahonia" same section
12608 Phacelia crenulata  var. corrugata   "notch-leaf scorpionweed" same section
12603 Phacelia ivesiana      "Ives' scorpionweed" same section
12613 Streptanthella longirostris      "long-beaked streptanthella" same section
12609 Tetraneuris ivesiana      "Ives' four-nerve daisy" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Franklin Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 0.7 mi. S 4954  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Battleship Rock (Summit) San Juan County, UT 0.8 mi. W 5164  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Pyramid Peak (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.2 mi. E 4876  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Rooster Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.5 mi. S 4882  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Setting Hen Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.9 mi. SE 4810  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Valley of the Gods (Basin) San Juan County, UT 2.1 mi. S 4656  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Castle Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2.1 mi. NW 5269  Cigarette Spring Cave 
Seven Sailors (Pillar) San Juan County, UT 3.6 mi. S 4567  Mexican Hat 
Lady in the Bathtub (Pillar) San Juan County, UT 3.2 mi. W 5069  Cedar Mesa South 
Cigarette Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 3.8 mi. NE 5578  Cigarette Spring Cave 
West Fork Lime Creek (Stream) San Juan County, UT 4.3 mi. S   Cedar Mesa South 
Flag Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 4.7 mi. S 4469  Mexican Hat 
Devils Window (Gap) San Juan County, UT 4.8 mi. S 4439  Mexican Hat 
Scotchman Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 4.9 mi. S 4777  Mexican Hat 
Bell Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 5.6 mi. SW 5279  The Goosenecks 

Links

Taxon Links for species Physaria acutifolia  Rydb.

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=Physaria+acutifolia

Zooming out might reveal more collections in other states.

Note: Printing this page will show all information sequentially.   edit