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Label

Accession No. 14593 
Family Polemoniaceae 
Species Phlox austromontana Coville
Subspecies var. jonesii (Wherry) S.L. Welsh
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1284)  08 June 2006 , with J. 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°  15' 2.48" N, 113°  31 ' 43.58" W at 5305 feet (1617 m)
Locality southern foothills of Pine Valley Mountains, at the mouth of a canyon 0.5 miles NE of Washington Flat, on the N side of FR 031, ca. 8.5 air miles N of St. George. 
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):

     Phlox jonesii Wherry
     Phlox austromontana var. jonesii (Wherry) Welsh

Common Name(s): Zion phlox.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=504319, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Solanales
                                Family: Polemoniaceae
                                    Genus: Phlox
                                        Species: Phlox jonesii
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
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01504
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01757
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01803
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02993
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03872
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06096
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09970
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10449
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10571
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11590
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11590
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12631
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12631
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12631
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12653
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12744
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12744
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12744
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12773
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14035
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14035
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14035
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14035
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15916

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
15289 Garrya flavescens      "ashy silktassel" 2795 ft. SW
14592 Glossopetalon spinescens     same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Cottonwood Guard Station (Locale) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. SW 5072  Washington 
Washington Flat (Flat) Washington County, UT 1.3 mi. S 5046  Washington 
West Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2 mi. N   Saddle Mountain 
East Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2 mi. N   Signal Peak 
Cedar Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 1.9 mi. N 6700  Saddle Mountain 
Spring Hollow (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.9 mi. SW   Saddle Mountain 
Twin Peaks (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.1 mi. SW 5345  Washington 
Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. N   Saddle Mountain 
Cedar Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. NW 6293  Saddle Mountain 
Grass Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. N 7235  Saddle Mountain 
Cedar Bench (Bench) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. W 5092  Washington 
Cougar Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. N 5925  Saddle Mountain 
Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. SE   Saddle Mountain 
Bitter Creek (Stream) Washington County, UT 2.7 mi. SE   Signal Peak 
East Fork Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. N 6093  Saddle Mountain 
Lower Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.4 mi. N 6172  Saddle Mountain 
West Fork Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. N 6519  Saddle Mountain 
Big Hollow Trail (Trail) Washington County, UT 3.4 mi. NE 5440  Signal Peak 
Mahogany Knoll (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. N 6916  Saddle Mountain 
Yant Flat (Flat) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. SE 4511  Harrisburg Junction 

Links

Taxon Links for species Phlox austromontana  Coville

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=Phlox+austromontana

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