Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14814 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum heermannii Durand & Hilg.
Subspecies var. sulcatum (S. Watson) Munz & Reveal
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1516)  05 May 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' 51.89" N, 113°  53 ' 15.96" W at 3733 feet (1138 m)
Locality western slope of Beaver Dam Mountains, Castle Cliff vicinity, E side of Old Highway 91; 
Ecology S facing slope; 
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 heermannii var. sulcatum (S. Wats.) Munz & Reveal

     Eriogonum heermannii ssp. sulcatum (S. Wats.) S. Stokes
     Eriogonum sulcatum S. Wats.

Common Name(s): Heermann buckwheat, Heermann's buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=527999, click for more information and references)

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

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 02342s1.jpg 
02342
specimen image: 05595s1.jpg 
05595
specimen image: 11979c1.jpg 
11979
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11979
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11979

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08387 Agave utahensis      "Utah agave" 517 ft. N
05310 Aloysia wrightii      "Wright's beebrush" same section
08958 Ambrosia eriocentra      "woolly bur-sage" 517 ft. N
15274 Arctostaphylos pringlei      "Pringle manzanita" same section
05278 Baccharis sergiloides      "desert seep-willow" same section
14283 Brickellia microphylla  var. scabra  446 ft. N
14284 Buddleja utahensis     446 ft. N
14794 Buddleja utahensis     269 ft. NE
05311 Buddleja utahensis      "Utah butterflybush" same section
05700 Carya illinoinensis      "Pecan" 541 ft. N
08389 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" 517 ft. N
04190 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
05275 Cupressus arizonica      "Arizona cypress" same section
14798 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" 269 ft. NE
14797 Lepidium fremontii     269 ft. NE
02666 Lesquerella rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 1.7 mi. SE
08959 Melia azedarach      "Chinaberrytree" 517 ft. N
08305 Neolloydia johnsonii     517 ft. N
08960 Parthenium incanum      "mariola" 517 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" 517 ft. N
05268 Prunus fasciculata      "desert almond" same section
08245 Psilostrophe cooperi      "whitestem paperflower" 1197 ft. SE
14281 Psilostrophe cooperi     same section
05309 Psorothamnus polydenius  var. polydenius   "Nevada dalea" same section
08386 Salazaria mexicana      "Mexican bladdersage" 517 ft. N
14457 Salazaria mexicana     1803 ft. E
08957 Senecio douglasii  var. monoensis   "Mono ragwort" 517 ft. N
05276 Stephanomeria tenuifolia  var. tenuifolia   "slender wirelettuce" same section
02668 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" 1.7 mi. SE
14458 Thamnosma montana     1803 ft. E
05469 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" same section
08388 Yucca schidigera      "Mojave yucca" 517 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 836 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 mi. S   Jarvis Peak 
Tabeau Peak (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. S 4341  Jarvis Peak 
Middle Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.3 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 5.6 mi. N 4580  West Mountain Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum heermannii  Durand & Hilg.

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+heermannii

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