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Label

Accession No. 03698 
Family Primulaceae 
Species Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.
Subspecies var. pulchellum 
Common name "pretty shooting star"
Collector Information D. Carter  (s.n.)  26 June 1999
Geography United States,  Utah, Sanpete County
Lat./Long. 39°  19' 16" N, 111°  28 ' 37" W
Township/Range T17S, R4E, Sec. 21 
Locality up Ephriam Canyon; off road. 
Ecology on a bank of a stream; moist soil. 
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.
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):

     Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.
     Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene
     Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. salinum (A. Nels.) R. Knuth
     Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. watsonii (Tidestrom) C.L. Hitchc.
     Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pauciflorum (Greene) Hultén
     Dodecatheon pulchellum var. watsonii (Tidestrom) Boivin
     Dodecatheon pulchellum var. watsonii (Tidestrom) C.L. Hitchc.
     Dodecatheon pulchellum var. watsonii (Tidestrom) Reveal
     Dodecatheon pulchellum var. zionense (Eastw.) Welsh
     Dodecatheon radicatum Greene
     Dodecatheon radicatum ssp. watsonii (Tidestrom) H.J. Thompson
     Dodecatheon salinum A. Nels.
     Dodecatheon zionense Eastw.

Common Name(s): darkthroat shootingstar.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=23946, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Primulales
                                Family: Primulaceae
                                    Genus: Dodecatheon
                                        Species: Dodecatheon pulchellum
                                            Subspecies: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 03698s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00702s1.jpg 
00702
 specimen image: 02900s1.jpg 
02900
 specimen image: 05795s1.jpg 
05795
 specimen image: 09545s1.jpg 
09545
specimen image: 10762s1.jpg 
10762
 specimen image: 15873s1.jpg 
15873

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
03732 Alopecurus pratensis      "meadow foxtail" same section
03720 Androsace septentrionalis      "pygmy-flowered rockjasmine" 1.4 mi. SW
03702 Androsace septentrionalis      "pygmy-flowered rockjasmine" 1.4 mi. SW
03704 Anemone multifida     1.4 mi. SW
03708 Artemisia ludoviciana  var. incompta   "Louisiana wormwood" same section
03731 Astragalus convallarius  var. convallarius   "lesser rushy milkvetch" same section
03730 Astragalus convallarius  var. convallarius   "lesser rushy milkvetch" same section
03729 Astragalus convallarius  var. convallarius   "lesser rushy milkvetch" same section
03718 Astragalus miser  var. oblongifolius   "timber milkvetch" 1.4 mi. SW
07050 Beckmannia syzigachne      "American sloughgrass" 2634 ft. E
03700 Caltha leptosepala      "white marsh marigold" 1.4 mi. SW
03710 Cardamine cordifolia  var. cordifolia   "heart-leaf bittercress" same section
03719 Claytonia lanceolata      "spear-leaf springbeauty" 1.4 mi. SW
03717 Clematis hirsutissima      "hairy clematis" 1.4 mi. SW
03709 Erigeron eatonii  var. eatonii   "Eaton's fleabane" 1.4 mi. SW
07055 Eucephalus engelmannii      "Engelmann's aster" 2634 ft. E
07051 Glyceria borealis      "small floating mannagrass" 2634 ft. E
03713 Hedysarum boreale  var. boreale   "northern sweetvetch" same section
03714 Helianthella uniflora      "one-flowered little sunflower" same section
03705 Ipomopsis aggregata  var. aggregata   "scarlet gilia" 1.4 mi. SW
03711 Juncus ensifolius  var. brunnescens  same section
03726 Lathyrus laetivirens      "plateau vetchling" same section
03725 Lathyrus laetivirens      "plateau vetchling" same section
03727 Lathyrus laetivirens      "plateau vetchling" same section
07053 Medicago sativa      "alfalfa" 2634 ft. E
03724 Microseris nutans      "nodding silverpuffs" same section
09559 Oenothera flava      "yellow evening primrose" 2338 ft. W
03721 Oenothera flava  var. flava   "yellow evening primrose" same section
06950 Onobrychis viciifolia      "sainfoin" 2423 ft. SE
03699 Osmorhiza depauperata      "bluntseed sweetroot" same section
03728 Osmorhiza occidentalis     same section
03715 Phacelia sericea  var. ciliosa  1.4 mi. SW
03703 Physaria kingii  var. parvifolia   "Ward's bladderpod" 1.4 mi. SW
07052 Poa palustris      "fowl bluegrass" 2634 ft. E
06949 Ranunculus inamoenus      "graceful buttercup" 2423 ft. SE
06952 Ribes viscosissimum  var. viscosissimum  2423 ft. SE
07049 Sium suave      "hemlock water parsnip" 2634 ft. E
03722 Sorbus scopulina      "mountain-ash" 1.4 mi. NE
03697 Stellaria jamesiana     same section
07054 Symphyotrichum foliaceum  var. parryi   "Parry's aster" 2634 ft. E
03701 Thelypodium sagittatum  var. sagittatum   "arrowleaf thelypody" 1.4 mi. SW
03723 Valeriana occidentalis      "western valerian" same section
06951 Viola adunca      "hook-spur violet" 2423 ft. SE
03735 Wyethia amplexicaulis      "mule's ears" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Bluebell Flat (Flat) Sanpete County, UT 1825 ft. SE 8895  Danish Knoll 
Left Fork Cotton Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 2232 ft. N   Danish Knoll 
The Big Spring (Spring) Sanpete County, UT 0.6 mi. N 9157  Danish Knoll 
Great Basin Experiment Station (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 2689 ft. W 8846  Danish Knoll 
Haystack Mountain (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 0.9 mi. S 10378  Danish Knoll 
Flat Iron Point (Cliff) Sanpete County, UT 0.8 mi. NE 9889  Danish Knoll 
Rock Creek (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 1 mi. SE   Danish Knoll 
Lake Hill Campground (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 1.2 mi. W 8445  Danish Knoll 
Philadelphia Flat (Flat) Sanpete County, UT 1.6 mi. SE 9984  Danish Knoll 
White Ledge (Bench) Sanpete County, UT 1.8 mi. N 9462  Danish Knoll 
Freds Flat (Flat) Sanpete County, UT 2.1 mi. N 9069  Danish Knoll 
Wasatch Ditch (Canal) Sanpete County, UT 1.7 mi. NE 10194  Danish Knoll 
Mud Spring (Spring) Sanpete County, UT 2.3 mi. N 8819  Danish Knoll 
Jolleys Hole (Basin) Sanpete County, UT 2.3 mi. S 10033  Danish Knoll 
Ephiraim Tunnel (Tunnel) Sanpete County, UT 1.8 mi. E 10135  Danish Knoll 
White Ledge Fork (Stream) Sanpete County, UT 2.1 mi. NW   Danish Knoll 
Alpine Experiment Station (Locale) Sanpete County, UT 2.1 mi. SE 10151  Danish Knoll 
Madsen Ditch (Canal) Sanpete County, UT 1.9 mi. E 10096  Danish Knoll 
Dusterburgs Hill (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 2.5 mi. N 8862  Danish Knoll 
Middle Mountain (Summit) Sanpete County, UT 2.5 mi. S 10453  Danish Knoll 

Links

Taxon Links for species Dodecatheon pulchellum  (Raf.) Merr.

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=Dodecatheon+pulchellum

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