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Label

Accession No. 15905 
Family Gentianaceae 
Species Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze
Collector Information D. Carter  (s.n.)  26 June 1999
Geography United States,  Utah, Sanpete County
Lat./Long. 39°  20' 10" N, 111°  30 ' 48" W
Township/Range T17S, R4E, Sec. 18 
Locality up Ephriam Canyon, just off dirt road. 
Ecology open meadow, aspen-fir community; 
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Frasera speciosa Dougl. ex Griseb.
     Frasera angustifolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
     Frasera macrophylla Greene
     Frasera speciosa var. angustifolia Rydb.
     Frasera speciosa var. stenosepala Rydb.
     Frasera stenosepala (Rydb.) Rydb.
     Swertia radiata (Kellogg) Kuntze
     Swertia radiata var. macrophylla (Greene) St. John
     Tesseranthium angustifolium (Rydb.) Rydb.
     Tesseranthium macrophyllum (Greene) Rydb.
     Tesseranthium radiatum Kellogg

Common Name(s): deer ears, elkweed, green gentian, monument plant, monument-plant, showy frasera.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=502660, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Gentianales
                                Family: Gentianaceae
                                    Genus: Frasera
                                        Species: Frasera speciosa
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 15905s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00833s1.jpg 
00833
 specimen image: 01027s1.jpg 
01027
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01045
 specimen image: 01565s1.jpg 
01565
specimen image: 03377s1.jpg 
03377
 specimen image: 03378s1.jpg 
03378
 specimen image: 03712s2.jpg 
03712
 specimen image: 06826s1.jpg 
06826
specimen image: 12048s1.jpg 
12048

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
07050 Beckmannia syzigachne      "American sloughgrass" 1.8 mi. SW
07041 Caragana arborescens      "Siberian peashrub" 2230 ft. E
07040 Carex microptera      "smallwing sedge" 2230 ft. E
07055 Eucephalus engelmannii      "Engelmann's aster" 1.8 mi. SW
07051 Glyceria borealis      "small floating mannagrass" 1.8 mi. SW
07098 Lonicera fragrantissima      "sweet breath of spring" 2230 ft. E
07039 Lonicera tatarica      "Tatarian honeysuckle" 2230 ft. E
07053 Medicago sativa      "alfalfa" 1.8 mi. SW
06950 Onobrychis viciifolia      "sainfoin" 2.1 mi. SW
07052 Poa palustris      "fowl bluegrass" 1.8 mi. SW
06949 Ranunculus inamoenus      "graceful buttercup" 2.1 mi. SW
06953 Ribes aureum      "golden currant" 1381 ft. SE
03736 Ribes montigenum      "gooseberry currant" same section
06952 Ribes viscosissimum  var. viscosissimum  2.1 mi. SW
03738 Salix drummondiana      "Drummond's willow" same section
03737 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" same section
07049 Sium suave      "hemlock water parsnip" 1.8 mi. SW
03722 Sorbus scopulina      "mountain-ash" 1 mi. W
03712 Swertia radiata     same section
07054 Symphyotrichum foliaceum  var. parryi   "Parry's aster" 1.8 mi. SW
06951 Viola adunca      "hook-spur violet" 2.1 mi. SW
06954 Wyethia amplexicaulis      "mule's ears" 1381 ft. SE

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Cottonwood Spring (Spring) Sanpete County, UT 2972 ft. N 7130  Ephraim 
New Canyon (Valley) Sanpete County, UT 0.6 mi. NW   Danish Knoll 
White Ledge Fork (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 0.7 mi. NE   Danish Knoll 
Maple Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 0.7 mi. W   Danish Knoll 
Cottonwood Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 0.9 mi. W   Danish Knoll 
Lake Hill Campground (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 1 mi. SE 8445  Danish Knoll 
Bald Mountain (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 1.6 mi. SW 8439  Ephraim 
Bald Mountain Wildlife Management Area (Park) Sanpete County, UT 1.6 mi. W 7540  Ephraim 
Great Basin Experiment Station (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 1.8 mi. SE 8846  Danish Knoll 
Ephraim Canyon State Wildlife Management Area (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 1.8 mi. W 7182  Ephraim 
Left Fork Cotton Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 2 mi. E   Danish Knoll 
Mud Spring (Spring) Sanpete County, UT 2.1 mi. NE 8819  Danish Knoll 
Dusterburgs Hill (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 2.2 mi. NE 8862  Danish Knoll 
Cane Valley Ditch (Canal) Sanpete County, UT 2.3 mi. NW 5893  Ephraim 
Freds Flat (Flat) Sanpete County, UT 2.2 mi. NE 9069  Danish Knoll 
The Big Spring (Spring) Sanpete County, UT 2.2 mi. E 9157  Danish Knoll 
South Fork Willow Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 2.5 mi. SW   Danish Knoll 
Jimmys Fork (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 2.5 mi. SW   Danish Knoll 
Haystack Mountain (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 2.6 mi. SE 10378  Danish Knoll 
White Ledge (Bench) Sanpete County, UT 2.4 mi. E 9462  Danish Knoll 

Links

Taxon Links for species Swertia radiata  (Kellogg) Kuntze

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=Swertia+radiata

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