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Label

Accession No. 11047 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
Common name "flatspine bur ragweed"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3504)  28 September 2003 , with M.W. Harris
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 38°  46' 8" N, 110°  7 ' 22" W at 4018 feet (1225 m)
Locality near the confluence of the San Rafael and Green Rivers. 
Ecology sandy soil, sand desert shrub community. 
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):

     Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
     Franseria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Coville
     Gaertneria acanthicarpa (Hook.) Britt.

Common Name(s): annual bursage, bursage, bursage ragweed, flatspine burr ragweed, flat-spine burr-ragweed, sand bursage.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=36497, click for more information and references)

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

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 11047s3.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 02589s2.jpg 
02589
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02590
 specimen image: 03220s2.jpg 
03220
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05509
specimen image: 07046s2.jpg 
07046
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07193

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
11048 Artemisia filifolia      "sand sagebrush" same section
11050 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. junceus   "rush rubber rabbitbrush" same section
11051 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. turbinatus   "dune rubber rabbitbrush" same section
11052 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus  var. viscidiflorus   "yellow rabbitbrush" same section
11053 Eriogonum leptocladon  var. leptocladon   "sand wild buckwheat" same section
11049 Gutierrezia sarothrae      "common snakeweed" same section
11278 Lygodesmia grandiflora  var. arizonica   "Arizona skeleton plant" same section
11054 Quercus welshii      "Shinnery oak, Tucker's oak" same section
11279 Sphaeralcea leptophylla      "scale-leaf globemallow" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Chaffin Ranch (Locale) Emery County, UT 2201 ft. SW 4016  Horse Bench East 
San Rafael River (Stream) Emery County, UT 1.1 mi. E   Hadden Holes 
Ruby Ranch (Locale) Grand County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 4003  Green River SE 
Moonshine Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 2 mi. SW   Jacks Knob 
Bull Bottom (Bend) Emery County, UT 2.3 mi. S 4088  Tenmile Point 
White Wash (Valley) Grand County, UT 2 mi. E   Dee Pass 
Red Wash (Valley) Grand County, UT 2.4 mi. SE   Green River SE 
San Rafael Valley (Valley) Emery County, UT 2.9 mi. SW   Horse Bench West 
Dry Lake Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.8 mi. N   Horse Bench East 
Dellenbaugh Butte (Summit) Grand County, UT 3.9 mi. N 4232  Green River SE 
Trin-Alcove Bend (Bend) Grand County, UT 4.1 mi. S 4124  Tenmile Point 
Three Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 4.3 mi. S   Moonshine Wash 
Junes Bottom (Bend) Emery County, UT 4.2 mi. S 4003  Tenmile Point 
Tenmile Point (Ridge) Grand County, UT 5.1 mi. SE 4351  Tenmile Point 
Moonshine Spring (Spring) Emery County, UT 5.8 mi. SW 4488  Moonshine Wash 
Gruvers Mesa (Summit) Emery County, UT 5.6 mi. SW 4833  Moonshine Wash 

Links

Taxon Links for species Ambrosia acanthicarpa  Hook.

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=Ambrosia+acanthicarpa

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