Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 08432 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
Subspecies var. nivale (Canby) M.E. Jones
Common name "alpine cushion wild buckwheat"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3303)  22 June 2003 , with M.W. Harris
Geography United States,  Utah, Millard County
Lat./Long. 39°  8' 34" N, 113°  24 ' 21" W at 9184 feet (2800 m)
Locality House Range, saddle, ca. .3 km E of Notch Peak. 
Ecology mountain mahogany community; limestone cliffs, ledges, scree. 
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 ovalifolium var. nivale (Canby) M.E. Jones

     Eriogonum nivale Canby
     Eriogonum rhodanthum A. Nels. & Kennedy

Common Name(s): cushion buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=195558, click for more information and references)

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

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08417 Acer glabrum  var. diffusum   "Rocky Mountain maple" same section
08428 Castilleja angustifolia  var. flavescens   "pale narrow-leaf paintbrush" same section
08436 Cryptantha rugulosa      "wrinkled forget-me-not" same section
08424 Delphinium nuttallianum      "meadow larkspur" same section
08431 Erigeron pumilus  var. concinnus   "western shaggy fleabane" same section
08430 Erigeron tener      "slender fleabane" same section
08423 Erigeron tener      "slender fleabane" same section
08440 Eriogonum puberulum     same section
08419 Fendlerella utahensis      "Utah fendlerbush" same section
08426 Galium multiflorum  var. multiflorum   "Shrubby sbedstraw" same section
08429 Galium multiflorum  var. multiflorum   "Shrubby bedstraw" same section
08435 Ipomopsis congesta  var. congesta   "ball-headed gilia" same section
08422 Jamesia tetrapetala      "four-petaled cliffbush" same section
08441 Lomatium scabrum  var. scabrum   "rough desert parsley" same section
08437 Penstemon humilis  var. brevifolius   "short-leaf low beardtongue" same section
08434 Physaria occidentalis  var. cinerascens   "western bladderpod" same section
08438 Primula cusickiana  var. domensis   "House Range primrose" same section
08418 Ribes cereum      "wax currant" same section
08433 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" same section
08425 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" same section
08427 Stenotus acaulis      "stemless goldenweed" same section
08420 Symphoricarpos longiflorus      "long-flowered snowberry" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Notch Peak (Summit) Millard County, UT 1107 ft. W 9334  Notch Peak 
Sawtooth Mountain (Summit) Millard County, UT 0.6 mi. NE 8383  Notch Peak 
Pine Peak (Summit) Millard County, UT 1.7 mi. N 9216  Notch Peak 
Hell'n Moriah Kitchen (Basin) Millard County, UT 2.1 mi. SE 7294  Hell'n Moriah Canyon 
Klondike Mine (Mine) Millard County, UT 2.3 mi. NE 7064  Miller Cove 
Contact Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.4 mi. NE   Notch Peak 
Water Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.5 mi. NE   Notch Peak 
Side Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.7 mi. NE   Miller Cove 
Baldy (Summit) Millard County, UT 3.4 mi. N 8488  Notch Peak 
Amasa Valley (Valley) Millard County, UT 3.4 mi. NE   Notch Peak 
Hell'n Moriah Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 3.7 mi. S   Skull Rock Pass 
Painter Spring (Spring) Millard County, UT 3.5 mi. N 5574  Notch Peak 
Sawtooth Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 3.1 mi. E   Notch Peak 
Orr Ridge (Ridge) Millard County, UT 3.8 mi. NE 8163  Miller Cove 
Brown Queen Mine (Mine) Millard County, UT 5 mi. N 7139  Notch Peak 
House Range (Range) Millard County, UT 5.2 mi. N 6946  Notch Peak 
Jackson Pond (Lake) Millard County, UT 4.6 mi. SW 4482  Hell'n Moriah Canyon 
Sneakover Pass (Gap) Millard County, UT 5.4 mi. SE 6309  Skull Rock Pass 
North Canyon (Valley) Millard County, UT 6.5 mi. NE   Notch Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum ovalifolium  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+ovalifolium

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