Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14720 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1420)  11 August 2006 , with J. Cooper
Voucher Voucher for "Woody Plants of Utah" by R. Van Buren, K.T. Harper, J. Cooper 
Geography United States,  Utah, Weber County
Lat./Long. 41°  22' 47.23" N, 111°  47 ' 16.65" W at 8385 feet (2556 m)
Locality Bear River Range, SE slopes of James Peak, Powder Mountain Ski Resort, Powder Mountain Rd, ca. 1 mile NW of the ski lifts; 
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 umbellatum Torr.

Common Name(s): sulfer flower buckwheat, sulfur buckwheat, sulfur eriogonum, sulphur wildbuckwheat, sulphur-flower buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=21266, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Eriogonum
                                        Species: Eriogonum umbellatum
                                                                                            

Images

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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14718 Acer glabrum     same section
12560 Penstemon leonardii  var. leonardii   "Leonard's beardtongue" same section
14722 Ribes montigenum     1.2 mi. SW
14723 Salix scouleriana     2.3 mi. SE
14717 Salix scouleriana     same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Sundown Condominiums at Powder Mountain (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 1176 ft. SE 8055  James Peak 
Powder Mountain West (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 1159 ft. E 8314  James Peak 
Cobabe Peak (Summit) Cache County, UT 1829 ft. N   James Peak 
Powder Mountain Ski Area Heliport (Airport) Weber County, UT 0.6 mi. S 8508  Huntsville 
James Peak (Summit) Cache County, UT 0.8 mi. N 9311  James Peak 
Powder Mountain Ski Area (Locale) Cache County, UT 0.8 mi. E 8544  James Peak 
Bluebell Mine (Mine) Cache County, UT 1.7 mi. N 8166  James Peak 
Hidden Lake (Lake) Cache County, UT 1.4 mi. E   James Peak 
South Fork Wolf Creek (Stream) Weber County, UT 2.6 mi. SW   James Peak 
Wolf Star (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 3.8 mi. SW 5450  Huntsville 
Wolf Creek (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 3.8 mi. SW 5355  Huntsville 
Wellsville Creek (Stream) Cache County, UT 4.2 mi. N   James Peak 
Wolf Creek Country Club (Locale) Weber County, UT 4 mi. SW 5335  Huntsville 
Wolf Creek Village (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 4.1 mi. SW 5292  Huntsville 
Fish Creek (Stream) Cache County, UT 4.4 mi. N   James Peak 
Patio Springs (Spring) Weber County, UT 4.1 mi. SW 5292  Huntsville 
Geertsen Canyon (Valley) Weber County, UT 4.6 mi. S   Browns Hole 
Dips Hollow (Valley) Cache County, UT 4.2 mi. NW   James Peak 
Heinz Canyon (Valley) Weber County, UT 4.5 mi. S   Huntsville 
Wolf Lodge Condominium (Populated Place) Weber County, UT 4.4 mi. SW 5194  Huntsville 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum umbellatum  Torr.

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+umbellatum

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