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Label

Accession No. 05081 
Family Fabaceae 
Species Lathyrus brachycalyx Rydb.
Subspecies var. zionis (C.L. Hitchc.) S.L. Welsh
Common name "Zion sweetpea"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (645)  07 May 2001 , with R. Jolley
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  2' 0.01" N, 112°  43 ' 0.01" W at 6065 feet (1849 m)
Locality Coral Pink Sand Dunes. 
Ecology sand dune intermixed with scrub oak, 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):

     Lathyrus brachycalyx ssp. zionis (C.L. Hitchc.) Welsh
     Lathyrus brachycalyx var. zionis (C.L. Hitchc.) Welsh
     Lathyrus zionis C.L. Hitchc.

Common Name(s): bush pea, bush peavine.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=524209, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Fabales
                                Family: Fabaceae
                                    Genus: Lathyrus
                                        Species: Lathyrus brachycalyx
                                            Subspecies: Lathyrus brachycalyx ssp. zionis
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 05081s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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00393
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00394
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01506
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02638
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07727
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07768
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11298
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11598
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11598
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12772
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13485
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14042
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15883

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05085 Abronia fragrans      "snowball sand verbena" same section
05095 Artemisia filifolia      "sand sagebrush" same section
05083 Boechera holboellii  var. pinetorum  same section
05096 Calamovilfa gigantea      "giant sandreed" same section
05082 Fritillaria atropurpurea      "leopard-lily" same section
05094 Juncus arcticus  ssp. littoralis   "mountain rush" same section
05084 Phlox jonesii      "Jones' southern phlox" same section
08161 Phoradendron juniperinum      "juniper mistletoe" 1.8 mi. E
05080 Sophora stenophylla      "fringe-leaf necklacepod" same section
11988 Wyethia scabra      "rough 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
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Reserve (Park) Kane County, UT 1935 ft. N 5925  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 1 mi. W 5919  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Chris Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 1.5 mi. S 5932  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Moquith Mountains (Range) Kane County, UT 1.5 mi. SE 6893  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Willow Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2.6 mi. N 6411  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Ed Lamb Point (Cape) Kane County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 6861  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Yellowjacket Picnic Site (Park) Kane County, UT 3.1 mi. N 6214  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Esplin Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2.7 mi. NW 6142  Elephant Butte 
Ed Lamb Point (Cliff) Mohave County, AZ 3.4 mi. SE 6779  Kaibab 
Red Cliff Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 3.7 mi. S 5512  Kaibab 
Harris Springs (Spring) Kane County, UT 4 mi. N 6385  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Dixie Knoll (Summit) Kane County, UT 3.7 mi. W 5742  Elephant Butte 
Sand Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 4 mi. NE 6247  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Sand Springs Overnight Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 4.1 mi. NE 6204  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Blue Knolls (Summit) Mohave County, AZ 4.7 mi. S 5253  Kaibab 
Willow Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 4.4 mi. SW 5889  Moccasin 
Ponderosa Grove Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 4.5 mi. NE 6283  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Bee Cistern (Well) Mohave County, AZ 4.4 mi. SW 5880  Moccasin 
Yellowjacket Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 5.2 mi. N 6172  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Cougar Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 4.5 mi. SE   Yellowjacket Canyon 

Links

Taxon Links for species Lathyrus brachycalyx  Rydb.

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=Lathyrus+brachycalyx

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