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Label

Accession No. 00042 
Family Brassicaceae 
Species Streptanthus cordatus Nutt.
Subspecies var. cordatus 
Common name "heart-leaf twistflower"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (1747)  20 May 1983 , with M. Harris, R. Woolf
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 39°  5' 50" N, 110°  45 ' 6" W
Locality San Rafael Swell, along the San Rafael River, beneath the Wedge Overlook, Snake Rock, ca. 8 km above San Rafael Bridge Campground. 
Ecology mixed desert shrub community; sandy soil. 
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):

     Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus Nutt.

Common Name(s): heartleaf twistflower.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=530578, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Capparales
                                Family: Brassicaceae
                                    Genus: Streptanthus
                                        Species: Streptanthus cordatus
                                            Variety: Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus
                                                

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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00052
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03323
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04302
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10344
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12100
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12741
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
00385 Astragalus utahensis      "Utah milkvetch" 1.5 mi. SE
00043 Boechera selbyi      "Selby's rockcress" 586 ft. W
00323 Castilleja scabrida  var. scabrida   "rough paintbrush" 1.5 mi. SE
10938 Chamaechaenactis scaposa      "fullstem" same section
03152 Collema tenax      "jelly lichen" 1 mi. S
00064 Descurainia pinnata  var. osmiarum  586 ft. W
00063 Descurainia pinnata  var. osmiarum  586 ft. W
01823 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" 586 ft. W
10936 Eremogone eastwoodiae      "Eastwood's sandwort" same section
14562 Eriogonum shockleyi     1257 ft. W
10937 Hymenoxys acaulis  var. arizonica   "Arizona four-nerve daisy" same section
00053 Juniperus osteosperma      "Utah juniper" 586 ft. W
10935 Penstemon carnosus      "fleshy beardtongue" same section
14564 Phlox pulvinata     1257 ft. W
01822 Pinus edulis      "Colorado pinyon pine" 586 ft. W
10939 Polygala subspinosa      "spiny milkwort" same section
03165 Psora decipiens      "fishscale lichen" 1 mi. S
00060 Streptanthella longirostris      "long-beaked streptanthella" 586 ft. W
00052 Streptanthus cordatus  var. cordatus   "heart-leaf twistflower" 586 ft. W

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Wedge Pond Number 4 (Lake) Emery County, UT 0.8 mi. N 6132  Sids Mountain 
Cane Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.1 mi. E   The Blocks 
Little Grand Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.1 mi. E   Sids Mountain 
Good Water Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.1 mi. E   Bottleneck Peak 
The Wedge Overlook (Locale) Emery County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 6178  Bottleneck Peak 
Virgin Spring Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 1.6 mi. SW   Sids Mountain 
Wedge Pond Number 2 (Lake) Emery County, UT 2 mi. W 5978  Sids Mountain 
Wedge Overlook (Locale) Emery County, UT 2.8 mi. N 5919  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Wedge Pond Number 1 (Lake) Emery County, UT 2.8 mi. N 5843  Buckhorn Reservoir 
The Wedge (Plain) Emery County, UT 2.9 mi. N 5968  Bob Hill Knoll 
Aldys Hole (Lake) Emery County, UT 3.3 mi. N 5889  Bob Hill Knoll 
Swazy Hole (Lake) Emery County, UT 3.7 mi. N 5725  Bob Hill Knoll 
Chalk Hills (Summit) Emery County, UT 3.3 mi. NW 5758  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Cloyds Pond (Lake) Emery County, UT 3.9 mi. N 5722  Buckhorn Reservoir 
North Salt Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.3 mi. W   Short Canyon 
Sids Mountain (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.1 mi. S 6457  Sids Mountain 
No Mans Mountain (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.4 mi. S 6526  Bottleneck Peak 
Furniture Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 4.7 mi. N   Bob Hill Knoll 
Drought Relief Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 4.9 mi. N 5588  Buckhorn Reservoir 
Bottleneck Peak (Summit) Emery County, UT 4.3 mi. SE 6349  Bottleneck Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Streptanthus cordatus  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=Streptanthus+cordatus

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