Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14852 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum clavellatum Small
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1556)  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°  16' 41.2" N, 109°  40 ' 58.8" W at 4478 feet (1365 m)
Locality SE edge of Snake Canyon, N side of US Highway 163, ca. 9 miles W of Bluff; 
Ecology on lower slope of roadcut; 
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 clavellatum Small

     Eriogonum pelinophilum Reveal
     Eriogonum pelinophilum Reveal

Common Name(s): Comb Wash buckwheat, clayloving buckwheat, clay-loving wild-buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=21094, click for more information and references)

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

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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
04303 Abronia fragrans      "snowball sand verbena" 2 mi. W
04269 Allium geyeri  var. chatterleyi   "Geyer's wild onion" 2 mi. W
04281 Astragalus amphioxys  var. amphioxys   "crescent milkvetch" 2 mi. W
04268 Astragalus desperatus  var. desperatus   "rimrock milkvetch" 2 mi. W
04259 Cercocarpus montanus      "alderleaf mountain mahogany" 2 mi. W
04250 Chamaesyce fendleri      "Fendler's sandmat" 2 mi. W
04258 Comandra umbellata  var. pallida  2 mi. W
04256 Cryptantha cinerea  var. jamesii   "James' cat's eye" 2 mi. W
04260 Dimorphocarpa wislizeni      "Wislizen's spectacle pod" 2 mi. W
04304 Eremocrinum albomarginatum      "Utah solitaire lily" 2 mi. W
04249 Eriogonum alatum      "winged wild buckwheat" 2 mi. W
04282 Gaillardia pinnatifida      "Hopi blanketflower" 2 mi. W
04278 Gilia ophthalmoides      "eyed gilia" 2 mi. W
04253 Hilaria jamesii      "James' galleta" 2 mi. W
04283 Houstonia rubra      "red bluet" 2 mi. W
04247 Hymenoxys acaulis  var. ivesiana   "Ives' four-nerve daisy" 2 mi. W
04272 Linum puberulum      "plains flax" 2 mi. W
04305 Lupinus pusillus  var. pusillus   "dwarf lupine" 2 mi. W
04255 Physaria rectipes      "straight bladderpod" 2 mi. W
04270 Plantago patagonica      "woolly plantain" 2 mi. W
04257 Quercus turbinella      "Sonoran scrub oak" 2 mi. W
04299 Talinum brevifolium     2 mi. W
04298 Townsendia incana      "silvery Townsend-daisy" 2 mi. W
04254 Vulpia octoflora      "sixweeks fescue" 2 mi. W

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Snake Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 0.6 mi. E   Bluff SW 
Navajo Spring (Spring) San Juan County, UT 1.3 mi. S 4452  Bluff SW 
Butler Wash (Stream) San Juan County, UT 3.1 mi. S   Hotel Rock 
Gothic Creek (Stream) San Juan County, UT 3.6 mi. S   Toh Atin Mesa West 
San Juan Hill (Summit) San Juan County, UT 3.6 mi. S 4734  San Juan Hill 
Bluff Airport (Airport) San Juan County, UT 3.3 mi. SE 4459  Bluff SW 
Road Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 4.1 mi. N   Cedar Mesa North 
Hobbs Wash Historical Marker (Park) San Juan County, UT 3.4 mi. E 4429  Bluff 
Lime Ridge (Ridge) San Juan County, UT 3.8 mi. SW 5161  San Juan Hill 
Comb Wash (Valley) San Juan County, UT 4.4 mi. S   Hotel Rock 
Barton Range Canyon (Valley) San Juan County, UT 4.4 mi. N   Bluff SW 
Buck Creek (Stream) San Juan County, UT 4 mi. E   Bluff 
White Rock Point (Cliff) San Juan County, UT 5.1 mi. SE 4689  White Rock Point 
Four Foot Rapids (Rapids) San Juan County, UT 5.9 mi. SW 4226  San Juan Hill 
Tselakai Dezza (Populated Place) San Juan County, UT 6.7 mi. SE 4584  White Rock Point 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum clavellatum  Small

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+clavellatum

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