Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 09733 
Family Caryophyllaceae 
Species Wilhelmsia physodes (Fisch. ex Ser.) McNeill
Common name "merckia"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3593)  21 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Yukon Territory, 
Lat./Long. 64°  2' 8" N, 138°  49 ' 33" W at 1378 feet (420 m)
Locality along the Klondike River, ca 25 km due E of Dawson City. 
Ecology streambank community. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Wilhelmsia physodes (Fisch. ex Ser.) McNeill

     Arenaria physodes Fisch. ex Ser.
     Merckia physodes (Fisch. ex Ser.) Cham. & Schlecht.

Common Name(s): merckia.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=20374, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Caryophyllales
                                Family: Caryophyllaceae
                                    Genus: Wilhelmsia
                                        Species: Wilhelmsia physodes
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09733s1.jpg

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09736 Arabidopsis lyrata  var. kamchatica   "Kamchatica rockcress" same section
09766 Beckmannia syzigachne      "American sloughgrass" same section
09732 Eurybia sibiricus      "arctic aster" same section
09734 Rorippa palustris  var. occidentalis  same section
09735 Stellaria longifolia      "long-leaf starwort" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Wilhelmsia physodes  (Fisch. ex Ser.) McNeill

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=Wilhelmsia+physodes

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