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Label

Accession No. 06723 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Erigeron pulcherrimus A. Heller
Common name "plateau fleabane"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (2236)  16 May 2002 , with K. Barnes, M. Barnes
Geography United States,  Utah, Uintah County
Lat./Long. 39°  47' 0.01" N, 109°  36 ' 0.01" W at 5242 feet (1598 m)
Locality Book Cliffs-Roan Cliffs, Willow Creek. 
Ecology Green River shale, dry scree hillside E of creek; greasewood comm. 
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):

     Erigeron pulcherrimus Heller
     Erigeron pulcherrimus var. wyomingia (Rydb.) Cronq.
     Erigeron wyomingia Rydb.

Common Name(s): basin fleabane.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=35933, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Erigeron
                                        Species: Erigeron pulcherrimus
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 06723s3.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 06313s3.jpg 
06313
 specimen image: 08410s2.jpg 
08410
 specimen image: 09209s3.jpg 
09209
 specimen image: 10661s2.jpg 
10661
specimen image: 12680d1.jpg 
12680
 specimen image: 12680c1.jpg 
12680
 specimen image: 12680s2.jpg 
12680

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
06722 Penstemon subglaber     same section
06720 Ribes aureum      "golden currant" same section
06721 Stanleya pinnata  var. pinnata   "desert princesplume" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Agency Draw (Valley) Uintah County, UT 1.5 mi. SW   Flat Rock Mesa 
Sulphur Spring (Spring) Uintah County, UT 1.7 mi. S 5374  Big Pack Mountain SE 
Santio Crossing (Populated Place) Uintah County, UT 3.3 mi. S 5391  Agency Draw NE 
West Fork Cottonwood Wash (Valley) Uintah County, UT 4 mi. N   Big Pack Mountain SE 
East Fork Cottonwood Wash (Valley) Uintah County, UT 4.1 mi. NE   Big Pack Mountain SE 
Agency Draw Oil Field (Oilfield) Uintah County, UT 5.3 mi. S 5935  Agency Draw NE 
Buck Canyon (Valley) Uintah County, UT 5.1 mi. SE   Agency Draw NE 
Broome Canyon (Valley) Uintah County, UT 5.5 mi. N   Big Pack Mountain SE 
Little Pack Mountain (Summit) Uintah County, UT 5.3 mi. SW 6398  Agency Draw NW 
Sunday School Canyon (Valley) Uintah County, UT 5.9 mi. SE   Bates Knolls 

Links

Taxon Links for species Erigeron pulcherrimus  A. Heller

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=Erigeron+pulcherrimus

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