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Label

Accession No. 02257 
Family Rosaceae 
Species Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Henrickson
Subspecies var. stansburyana (Torr.) S.L. Welsh
Common name "cliff-rose"
Collector Information H. Platt  (16)  11 October 1997
Geography United States,  Utah, Utah County
Lat./Long. 40°  25' 37" N, 111°  46 ' 3" W
Township/Range T4S, R2E, Sec. 31 at 5000 feet (1524 m) 
Locality mouth of American Fork Canyon, N side of street, old stream bed. 
Ecology rocky soil, dry site. 
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


No synonyms recognized in the ITIS database.

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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00078
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00372
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00730
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01233
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01310
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01719
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02051
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02059
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02172
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02206
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02267
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02955
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03469
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03470
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04884
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06861
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06988
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07025
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10340
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11006
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11006
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11697
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11697
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11697
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11797
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11797
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12827
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12827

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14932 Astragalus utahensis      "Utah milkvetch" same section
15341 Chrysothamnus nauseosus     same section
15339 Populus angustifolia      "narrowleaf cottonwood" same section
02267 Purshia mexicana  var. stansburyana   "cliff-rose" same section
15340 Solanum dulcamara      "climbing nightshade" same section
15059 Tamarix      1 mi. W
14945 Zigadenus       "deathcamas" 1.2 mi. N

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Pleasant Grove Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 2164 ft. S 4944  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 2171 ft. N 4961  Lehi 
Eighty Rod Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 2666 ft. S 4908  Lehi 
Nielson Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 2929 ft. N 5023  Lehi 
East Bench Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 0.8 mi. S 4882  Lehi 
Merideth Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 0.8 mi. S 4961  Lehi 
Cedar Hills (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 1 mi. SE 4958  Lehi 
Utah Valley (Basin) Utah County, UT 1 mi. NE 5250  Lehi 
Mitchell Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 1 mi. SW 4889  Lehi 
Salt Lake City Aqueduct (Canal) Utah County, UT 1.2 mi. NW 4922  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.1 mi. W 4885  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.1 mi. NW 4912  Lehi 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.4 mi. N 4961  Lehi 
Highland (Populated Place) Utah County, UT 1.6 mi. N 4994  Lehi 
American Fork Canyon Ditch (Canal) Utah County, UT 1.3 mi. W 4889  Lehi 
American Fork Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.6 mi. NE   Dromedary Peak 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Utah County, UT 1.7 mi. N 5020  Lehi 
Smooth Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.7 mi. NE   Timpanogos Cave 
Fort Creek (Stream) Utah County, UT 1.6 mi. NW   Draper 
Preston Canyon (Valley) Utah County, UT 1.8 mi. N   Timpanogos Cave 

Links

Taxon Links for species Purshia mexicana  (D. Don) Henrickson

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=Purshia+mexicana

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