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Label

Accession No. 14851 
Family Polygalaceae 
Species Polygala acanthoclada A. Gray
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1555)  19 May 2007 , with J. Cooper
Voucher Voucher for "Woody Plants of Utah" by R. Van Buren, K.T. Harper, J. Cooper 
Geography United States,  Utah, San Juan County
Lat./Long. 37°  3' 46.8" N, 110°  4 ' 22.3" W at 5426 feet (1654 m)
Locality valley NE of Monument Pass, N side of US Highway 163, ca. 1.2 miles NE of junction of Douglas Mesa Rd; 
Ecology in sand; with Yucca, Quercus, pinyon-juniper; 
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):

     Polygala acanthoclada Gray

Common Name(s): desert polygala, thorny polygala.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=29322, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Polygalales
                                Family: Polygalaceae
                                    Genus: Polygala
                                        Species: Polygala acanthoclada
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 01431s1.jpg 
01431
 specimen image: 08302s1.jpg 
08302
 specimen image: 08647s1.jpg 
08647
 specimen image: 10862s1.jpg 
10862
specimen image: 10895s1.jpg 
10895
 specimen image: 11130s1.jpg 
11130

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14850 Quercus × eastwoodiae   Quercus gambelii × havardii × turbinella?  same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Brighams Tomb (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.3 mi. SW 6746  Monument Pass 
Navajo Indian Reservation (Reserve) San Juan County, UT 1.5 mi. N 5483  Monument Pass 
King-on-his-Throne (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.7 mi. S 6076  Monument Pass 
Stagecoach (Summit) San Juan County, UT 1.9 mi. S 5870  Monument Pass 
Monument Pass (Gap) San Juan County, UT 1.6 mi. SW 5735  Monument Pass 
Castle Rock (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2 mi. S 5742  Monument Pass 
Bear and Rabbit Summit (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2 mi. S 5912  Monument Pass 
Setting Hen (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2.2 mi. W 5994  Monument Pass 
Big Indian (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3.1 mi. S 5909  Monument Pass 
Eagle Mesa (Summit) San Juan County, UT 2.9 mi. W 6378  Monument Pass 
Eagle Rock (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3 mi. W 6135  Goulding 
Sentinel Mesa (Summit) San Juan County, UT 4.3 mi. S 6418  Monument Pass 
Conical Butte (Summit) San Juan County, UT 4 mi. E 4990  Monument Pass 
East Mitten Butte (Summit) Navajo County, AZ 5.2 mi. S 5594  Mitten Buttes 
West Mitten Butte (Summit) Navajo County, AZ 5.1 mi. S 5597  Mitten Buttes 
Douglas Wash (Valley) San Juan County, UT 4.6 mi. NE   Monument Pass 
Colorado Plateau (Plain) San Juan County, UT 5.9 mi. SE 4944  Monument Pass 

Links

Taxon Links for species Polygala acanthoclada  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=Polygala+acanthoclada

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