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Label

Accession No. 14283 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Brickellia microphylla (Nutt.) A. Gray
Subspecies var. scabra A. Gray
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (940)  21 July 2005 , with J.G. Cooper
Voucher Voucher for "Woody Plants of Utah" by R. Van Buren, K.T. Harper, J. Cooper 
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  3' 56.28" N, 113°  53 ' 16.44" W at 3697 feet (1127 m)
Locality Beaver Dam Mountains, Castle Cliff vicinity, along Castle Cliff Wash, on the NW side of Old Highway 91; 
Ecology on rocky cliff; 
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):

     Brickellia microphylla var. scabra Gray
     Brickellia microphylla ssp. scabra (Gray) W.A. Weber
     Brickellia scabra (Gray) A. Nels. ex B.L. Robins.

Common Name(s): rough brickellbush.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=526984, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Brickellia
                                        Species: Brickellia microphylla
                                            Variety: Brickellia microphylla var. scabra
                                                

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 01589s2.jpg 
01589
 specimen image: 03239s2.jpg 
03239
 specimen image: 03240s2.jpg 
03240
 specimen image: 07225s2.jpg 
07225
specimen image: 07282s2.jpg 
07282
 specimen image: 07579s2.jpg 
07579

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08387 Agave utahensis      "Utah agave" 81 ft. N
05310 Aloysia wrightii      "Wright's beebrush" same section
08958 Ambrosia eriocentra      "woolly bur-sage" 81 ft. N
15274 Arctostaphylos pringlei      "Pringle manzanita" same section
05278 Baccharis sergiloides      "desert seep-willow" same section
14284 Buddleja utahensis     same section
14794 Buddleja utahensis     232 ft. S
05311 Buddleja utahensis      "Utah butterflybush" same section
05700 Carya illinoinensis      "Pecan" 210 ft. W
04190 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
08389 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" 81 ft. N
05275 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
14798 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" 232 ft. S
14814 Eriogonum heermannii  var. sulcatum  446 ft. S
14797 Lepidium fremontii     232 ft. S
02666 Lesquerella rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 1.7 mi. SE
08959 Melia azedarach      "Chinaberrytree" 81 ft. N
08305 Neolloydia johnsonii     81 ft. N
08960 Parthenium incanum      "mariola" 81 ft. N
05279 Parthenium incanum      "mariola" same section
05277 Perityle tenella      "Springdale rockdaisy" same section
02667 Phacelia fremontii     1.7 mi. SE
08385 Physaria rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 81 ft. N
05268 Prunus fasciculata      "desert almond" same section
08245 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1475 ft. SE
14281 Psilostrophe cooperi     same section
05309 Psorothamnus polydenius  var. polydenius   "Nevada dalea" same section
08386 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 81 ft. N
14457 Salazaria mexicana     1812 ft. E
08957 Senecio douglasii  var. monoensis   "Mono ragwort" 81 ft. N
05276 Stephanomeria tenuifolia  var. tenuifolia   "slender wirelettuce" same section
02668 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" 1.7 mi. SE
14458 Thamnosma montana     1812 ft. E
05469 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" same section
08388 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" 81 ft. N

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 633 ft. E 3862  Castle Cliff 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 0.7 mi. S 4055  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.3 mi. NE   Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. N 4600  Jarvis Peak 
Joshua Tree Natural Area (Reserve) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. S 3140  Castle Cliff 
Welcome Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. N 4544  Castle Cliff 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 3 mi. S 3373  Jarvis Peak 
Bulldog Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. S   Jarvis Peak 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.8 mi. S 4341  Jarvis Peak 
Middle Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.2 mi. N 4728  Castle Cliff 
Black Warrior Mine (Mine) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. E 6257  Jarvis Peak 
Westside Mine (Mine) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. E 5794  Jarvis Peak 
Grapevine Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. N 5735  West Mountain Peak 
Utah Hill Summit (Locale) Washington County, UT 4.2 mi. NE 4744  Jarvis Peak 
Sam Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. N 4685  West Mountain Peak 
Reber Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. N 4242  Castle Cliff 
Crazy Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 5.5 mi. N 4580  West Mountain Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Brickellia microphylla  (Nutt.) A. 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=Brickellia+microphylla

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