Utah Valley University Herbarium
Brassicaceae  ¦  Lepidium  ¦  Lepidium fremontii  ¦  14797

Label

Accession No. 14797 
Family Brassicaceae 
Species Lepidium fremontii S. Watson
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1500)  25 April 2007 , with J. Cooper, K.T. Harper
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' 54.19" N, 113°  53 ' 17.62" W at 3694 feet (1126 m)
Locality Beaver Dam Mountains, Castle Cliff Wash, on NW side of Old Highway 91, ca 0.2 mile NE of Castle 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):

     Lepidium fremontii S. Wats.

Common Name(s): desert pepperweed.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=22963, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Capparales
                                Family: Brassicaceae
                                    Genus: Lepidium
                                        Species: Lepidium fremontii
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 03950s1.jpg 
03950
 specimen image: 08442s2.jpg 
08442
 specimen image: 10222s2.jpg 
10222
 specimen image: 11611d1.jpg 
11611
specimen image: 11611s1.jpg 
11611

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08387 Agave utahensis      "Utah agave" 313 ft. N
05310 Aloysia wrightii      "Wright's beebrush" same section
08958 Ambrosia eriocentra      "woolly bur-sage" 313 ft. N
15274 Arctostaphylos pringlei      "Pringle manzanita" same section
05278 Baccharis sergiloides      "desert seep-willow" same section
14283 Brickellia microphylla  var. scabra  232 ft. N
14284 Buddleja utahensis     232 ft. N
14794 Buddleja utahensis     same section
05311 Buddleja utahensis      "Utah butterflybush" same section
05700 Carya illinoinensis      "Pecan" 408 ft. NW
08389 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" 313 ft. N
04190 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
05275 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
14798 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" same section
14814 Eriogonum heermannii  var. sulcatum  269 ft. SW
02666 Lesquerella rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 1.7 mi. SE
08959 Melia azedarach      "Chinaberrytree" 313 ft. N
08305 Neolloydia johnsonii     313 ft. N
08960 Parthenium incanum      "mariola" 313 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" 313 ft. N
05268 Prunus fasciculata      "desert almond" same section
08245 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1253 ft. SE
14281 Psilostrophe cooperi     same section
05309 Psorothamnus polydenius  var. polydenius   "Nevada dalea" same section
08386 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 313 ft. N
14457 Salazaria mexicana     1681 ft. E
08957 Senecio douglasii  var. monoensis   "Mono ragwort" 313 ft. N
05276 Stephanomeria tenuifolia  var. tenuifolia   "slender wirelettuce" same section
02668 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" 1.7 mi. SE
14458 Thamnosma montana     1681 ft. E
05469 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" same section
08388 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" 313 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 801 ft. NE 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 2.4 mi. N 4544  Castle Cliff 
Bulldog Knolls (Range) Washington County, UT 2.9 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 4.3 mi. NE 4744  Jarvis Peak 
Sam Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 5 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 Lepidium fremontii  S. Watson

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=Lepidium+fremontii

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