Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14394 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum leptocladon Torr. & Gray
Subspecies var. papiliunculi Reveal
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1071)  03 August 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, Garfield County
Lat./Long. 37°  44' 33.96" N, 111°  26 ' 52.32" W at 6017 feet (1834 m)
Locality on Spencer Flat Rd (a wilderness study area access road), 0.1 mi S of Utah Highway 12, N of Little Spencer Flat; 
Ecology in sand, with Artemisia filifolia; 
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):

     Eriogonum leptocladon var. papiliunculi Reveal

Common Name(s): sand buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=528006, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Eriogonum
                                        Species: Eriogonum leptocladon
                                            Variety: Eriogonum leptocladon var. papiliunculi
                                                

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 09905s1.jpg 
09905
specimen image: 10904s1.jpg 
10904
specimen image: 11053s1.jpg 
11053

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
07165 Asclepias tuberosa      "butterfly milkweed" same section
06030 Asclepias tuberosa      "butterfly milkweed" 1 mi. SW
07166 Eriogonum leptocladon  var. papiliunculi  same section
06130 Linum aristatum      "bristle flax" 1 mi. SW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Little Spencer Flat (Flat) Garfield County, UT 0.9 mi. S 5916  Tenmile Flat 
Escalante Natural Bridge (Bridge) Garfield County, UT 2.1 mi. N 5558  Calf Creek 
Sand Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.3 mi. N   Jacobs Reservoir 
Phipps Arch (Arch) Garfield County, UT 2.3 mi. E 5561  Calf Creek 
Calf Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. NE   Calf Creek 
Maverick Bridge (Bridge) Garfield County, UT 2.6 mi. NE 5364  Calf Creek 
Sand Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.6 mi. N   Calf Creek 
Phipps Wash (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3 mi. NE   Tenmile Flat 
Garfield County (Civil) Garfield County, UT 3 mi. W 6004  Escalante 
Calf Creek Campground (Locale) Garfield County, UT 3.9 mi. NE 5443  Calf Creek 
Calf Creek Recreation Area (Locale) Garfield County, UT 4 mi. NE 5355  Calf Creek 
Bowington Bench (Bench) Garfield County, UT 4.2 mi. N 5889  Calf Creek 
Willow Patch Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 4.3 mi. N   Calf Creek 
Bowington Arch (Arch) Garfield County, UT 3.7 mi. NE 5407  Calf Creek 
Big Horn (Valley) Garfield County, UT 4.7 mi. S   Tenmile Flat 
Death Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 4.1 mi. NW   Roger Peak 
Mamie Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 4.1 mi. NW   Escalante 
Tenmile Spring (Spring) Garfield County, UT 4.7 mi. S 5328  Tenmile Flat 
Haymaker Bench (Bench) Garfield County, UT 4.5 mi. NE 5958  Calf Creek 
Big Spencer Flats (Flat) Garfield County, UT 4 mi. SE 5742  Tenmile Flat 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum leptocladon  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=Eriogonum+leptocladon

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