Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 07434 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum microthecum Nutt.
Subspecies var. laxiflorum Hook.
Common name "Great Basin wild buckwheat"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (2771)  24 June 2002 , with K.T. Harper, R. Jolley
Geography United States,  Utah, Box Elder County
Lat./Long. 41°  55' 55" N, 113°  27 ' 59" W at 8000 feet (2439 m)
Locality Raft River Mountains, W of The Meadows, along Cabin Spring Road (FR 011), ca. 1.0 road miles S of the junction with Onemile Canyon Road; 
Ecology conifer forest. 
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):

     Eriogonum microthecum var. laxiflorum Hook.

     Eriogonum microthecum ssp. confertiflorum (Benth.) S. Stokes
     Eriogonum microthecum var. confertiflorum (Benth.) Torr. & Gray
     Eriogonum microthecum ssp. laxiflorum (Hook.) S. Stokes

Common Name(s): slender buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=528009, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Eriogonum
                                        Species: Eriogonum microthecum
                                            Variety: Eriogonum microthecum var. laxiflorum
                                                

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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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10724 Agoseris aurantiaca  var. aurantiaca   "orange agoseris" 1597 ft. SW
07432 Agoseris glauca  var. glauca   "mountain dandelion" same section
10730 Antennaria anaphaloides      "pearly pussytoes" 1597 ft. SW
07433 Antennaria microphylla      "little-leaf pussytoes" same section
10738 Antennaria microphylla      "little-leaf pussytoes" 1597 ft. SW
07452 Artemisia nova      "black sagebrush" 513 ft. N
14700 Artemisia nova  var. nova  same section
07440 Astragalus agrestis      "field milkvetch" same section
10753 Astragalus agrestis      "field milkvetch" 1597 ft. SW
07416 Astragalus calycosus  var. calycosus   "Torrey's milkvetch" 1 mi. SW
07457 Astragalus convallarius  var. convallarius   "lesser rushy milkvetch" 513 ft. N
07451 Balsamorhiza hookeri  var. hispidula   "Hooker's balsamroot" 513 ft. N
07429 Boechera holboellii  var. pinetorum  same section
07449 Castilleja angustifolia  var. flavescens   "pale narrow-leaf paintbrush" 513 ft. N
07459 Chaenactis douglasii      "Douglas' dusty-maiden" 513 ft. N
07448 Chaenactis douglasii  var. douglasii  513 ft. N
10718 Collinsia parviflora      "maiden blue eyed Mary" 1597 ft. SW
10732 Collomia linearis      "tiny trumpet" 1597 ft. SW
10735 Crepis atribarba      "slender hawksbeard" 1597 ft. SW
07458 Delphinium nuttallianum      "meadow larkspur" 513 ft. N
07445 Descurainia californica      "Sierra tansy mustard" 513 ft. N
07450 Eremogone kingii  var. glabrescens   "King's sandwort" 513 ft. N
07437 Erigeron nanus      "dwarf fleabane" same section
07454 Erigeron pumilus  var. concinnus   "western shaggy fleabane" 513 ft. N
10733 Erigeron pumilus  var. concinnus   "western shaggy fleabane" 1597 ft. SW
14701 Eriogonum microthecum  var. laxiflorum  same section
07435 Eriogonum umbellatum  var. majus   "sulphur-flowered wild buckwheat" same section
10723 Geranium viscosissimum  var. incisum   "sticky purple geranium" 1597 ft. SW
11332 Helenium hoopesii      "orange sneezeweed" 1.4 mi. SW
10736 Helenium hoopesii      "orange sneezeweed" 1597 ft. SW
10725 Heuchera parvifolia      "little-leaf alumroot" 1597 ft. SW
07417 Hymenoxys acaulis  var. caespitosa   "caespitose four-nerve daisy" 1 mi. SW
10728 Koeleria macrantha      "prairie Junegrass" 1597 ft. SW
10729 Leucopoa kingii      "spike fescue" 1597 ft. SW
07436 Leucopoa kingii      "spike fescue" same section
10734 Lewisia pygmaea      "dwarf lewisia" 1597 ft. SW
07439 Lithophragma glabrum      "bulbous woodland-star" same section
07431 Lomatium foeniculaceum  var. macdougalii   "Macdougal's desert biscuitroot" same section
10716 Lychnis drummondii     1597 ft. SW
07441 Noccaea montana  var. montana   "alpine pennycress" same section
07442 Osmorhiza berteroi      "sweetcicely" same section
10714 Osmorhiza depauperata      "bluntseed sweetroot" 1597 ft. SW
10726 Oxytropis sericea      "white locoweed" 1597 ft. SW
07446 Oxytropis sericea      "white locoweed" 513 ft. N
07460 Penstemon humilis  var. brevifolius   "short-leaf low beardtongue" 513 ft. N
11333 Penstemon rydbergii  var. rydbergii   "Rydberg's beardtongue" 1.4 mi. SW
07461 Penstemon rydbergii  var. rydbergii   "Rydberg's beardtongue" 513 ft. N
07430 Phlox multiflora      "mountain phlox" same section
07420 Physaria occidentalis  var. cinerascens   "western bladderpod" 1 mi. SW
07427 Poa fendleriana     same section
07428 Poa fendleriana  ssp. longiligula   "muttongrass" same section
07415 Potentilla rubricaulis     1 mi. SW
07426 Pseudoroegneria spicata  ssp. spicata   "bluebunch wheatgrass" same section
10727 Pseudoroegneria spicata  ssp. spicata   "bluebunch wheatgrass" 1597 ft. SW
14702 Ribes montigenum     2202 ft. SW
07462 Sedum lanceolatum      "spearleaf stonecrop" 513 ft. N
07456 Senecio streptanthifolius      "Rocky Mountain groundsel" 513 ft. N
10717 Spergularia rubra      "red sandspurry" 1597 ft. SW
10731 Stellaria jamesiana     1597 ft. SW
07453 Stenotus acaulis      "stemless goldenweed" 513 ft. N
07418 Stenotus acaulis     1 mi. SW
07455 Symphoricarpos oreophilus  var. parishii   "Parish's snowberry" 513 ft. N
10713 Taraxacum officinale     1597 ft. SW
10737 Veronica serpyllifolia      "thymeleaf speedwell" 1597 ft. SW
07444 Viola adunca      "hook-spur violet" same section
10715 Viola adunca      "hook-spur violet" 1597 ft. SW
07443 Viola nuttallii      "Nuttall's violet" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Dipping Vat Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 0.9 mi. N 7064  Standrod 
Onemile Guard Station (Locale) Box Elder County, UT 1.2 mi. N 6831  Standrod 
South Fork George Creek (Stream) Box Elder County, UT 1.3 mi. SW   Standrod 
Little Valley (Valley) Box Elder County, UT 1.3 mi. SW   Standrod 
Cabin Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 1.7 mi. SE 8803  Standrod 
Bally Mountains (Range) Box Elder County, UT 2.2 mi. N 7874  Standrod 
Bally Mountains (Range) Cassia County, ID 2.2 mi. N 8052  Standrod 
Sawtooth National Forest (Forest) Box Elder County, UT 2 mi. SW 7730  Standrod 
Pine Creek Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 2.8 mi. S 8826  Standrod 
Pine Creek Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 2.8 mi. S 8846  Standrod 
Sawmill Canyon (Valley) Box Elder County, UT 2.6 mi. NE   Standrod 
George Peak (Summit) Box Elder County, UT 3.1 mi. S 9528  Standrod 
Right Fork Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 3 mi. SE 9098  Standrod 
Cold Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 2.8 mi. SW 7710  Yost 
Right Fork Spring (Spring) Box Elder County, UT 3.1 mi. SE 8954  Standrod 
Sawtooth National Forest - Raft River Division (Forest) Box Elder County, UT 2.7 mi. SE 8800  Standrod 
The Meadows (Flat) Box Elder County, UT 2.8 mi. E 8862  Standrod 
Dry Fork Pine Creek (Arroyo) Box Elder County, UT 3.7 mi. S   Standrod 
Jones Creek (Stream) Box Elder County, UT 3.5 mi. NE   Standrod 
Right Fork Onemile Creek (Stream) Box Elder County, UT 3.7 mi. NE   Standrod 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum microthecum  Nutt.

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=Eriogonum+microthecum

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