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Label

Accession No. 14460 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Brickellia atractyloides A. Gray
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1129)  06 April 2006 , 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°  5' 10.23" N, 113°  55 ' 47.66" W at 3881 feet (1183 m)
Locality alluvial fans on the western slope of the Beaver Dam Mountains, hills E of Welcome Wash, S side of rd to Lytle Ranch, ca. 3.5 miles W of Castle Cliff; 
Ecology on limestone outcrop; 
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 atractyloides Gray

Common Name(s): hollyleaf brickellbush, spearleaf brickellbush.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=36862, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Brickellia
                                        Species: Brickellia atractyloides
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 05591s2.jpg 
05591
 specimen image: 08511s2.jpg 
08511
 specimen image: 10323s2.jpg 
10323

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09339 Achnatherum speciosum      "desert needlegrass" 426 ft. W
09332 Aloysia wrightii      "Wright's beebrush" 464 ft. W
14506 Ambrosia dumosa     1353 ft. SW
14502 Amphipappus fremontii  var. spinosus  1353 ft. SW
14507 Atriplex canescens  var. canescens  1353 ft. SW
10323 Brickellia atractyloides      "spearleaf brickellbush" 1642 ft. SW
09342 Buddleja utahensis      "Utah butterflybush" 426 ft. W
10336 Castilleja chromosa      "common paintbrush" 1642 ft. SW
10326 Chaenactis macrantha      "showy dusty-maiden" 1642 ft. SW
10333 Cheilanthes parryi      "Parry's lipfern" 1642 ft. SW
09338 Cryptantha virginensis      "Virgin River cat's eye" 426 ft. W
10337 Ephedra viridis      "green ephedra" 1642 ft. SW
10329 Galium proliferum      "limestone bedstraw" 1642 ft. SW
10338 Gaura coccinea      "scarlet beeblossom" 1642 ft. SW
09347 Krameria erecta      "little-leaf ratany" 426 ft. W
09340 Langloisia setosissima  ssp. setosissima   "Great Basin langloisia" 426 ft. W
10324 Linanthus demissus      "desertsnow" 1642 ft. SW
14505 Lycium andersonii     1353 ft. SW
10325 Mimulus parryi      "annual redspot monkeyflower" 1642 ft. SW
10332 Nemacladus glanduliferus      "glandular threadplant" 1642 ft. SW
10327 Oenothera primiveris  var. bufonis  1642 ft. SW
09337 Parietaria pensylvanica      "Pennsylvania pellitory" 426 ft. W
10335 Parietaria pensylvanica     1642 ft. SW
10334 Phacelia rotundifolia     1642 ft. SW
10330 Plantago patagonica      "woolly plantain" 1642 ft. SW
09344 Psorothamnus fremontii      "Fremont's dalea" 426 ft. W
14496 Psorothamnus polydenius     1197 ft. NE
09346 Psorothamnus polydenius      "Nevada dalea" 426 ft. W
10340 Purshia mexicana  var. stansburyana   "cliff rose" 1642 ft. SW
09345 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 426 ft. W
09341 Schismus barbatus      "common Mediterranean grass" 426 ft. W
10331 Silene antirrhina      "sleepy silene" 1642 ft. SW
10328 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" 1642 ft. SW
09348 Vicia ludoviciana      "Louisiana vetch" 426 ft. W
10339 Xylorhiza tortifolia  var. tortifolia   "Mojave aster" 1642 ft. SW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Welcome Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 4544  Castle Cliff 
Middle Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. N 4728  Castle Cliff 
Reber Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.6 mi. N 4242  Castle Cliff 
Sam Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3 mi. N 4685  West Mountain Peak 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 2.8 mi. SE 3862  Castle Cliff 
Crazy Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.5 mi. N 4580  West Mountain Peak 
Castle Cliff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 3.3 mi. SE 4055  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. E 4600  Jarvis Peak 
Joshua Tree Natural Area (Reserve) Washington County, UT 4 mi. S 3140  Castle Cliff 
Summit Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.4 mi. E   Castle Cliff 
Grapevine Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4 mi. NE 5735  West Mountain Peak 
Indian Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.3 mi. N 5181  West Mountain Peak 
Beaver Dam Mountains (Range) Washington County, UT 5.2 mi. NE 6998  West Mountain Peak 
West Mountain Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 5.4 mi. NE 7507  West Mountain Peak 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 5.4 mi. SE 3373  Jarvis Peak 
Bulldog Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 5.5 mi. SE   Jarvis Peak 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 6.1 mi. SE 4341  Jarvis Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Brickellia atractyloides  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+atractyloides

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