Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 11930 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Machaeranthera canescens (Pursh) A. Gray
Subspecies var. canescens 
Common name "hoary tansyaster, grey tansyaster"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (5376)  08 August 2006
Geography United States,  Utah, Garfield County
Lat./Long. 37°  43' 19" N, 111°  43 ' 29" W at 6661 feet (2030 m)
Locality Escalante Mountains, along North Creek Road (FH 17), N of the mouth of Little Valley Canyon, dry wash S of the road; 
Ecology sandy soil of dry wash south of road, pinyon-juniper 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):

     Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens (Pursh) Gray

Common Name(s): hoary tansyaster, hoary tansy-aster, ironplant goldenweed.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=37985, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Machaeranthera
                                        Species: Machaeranthera canescens
                                            Subspecies: Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens
                                                

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.
11927 Astragalus kentrophyta  var. elatus   "tall spiny milkvetch" same section
11931 Castilleja linariifolia      "Wyoming Indian paintbrush" same section
11928 Clematis ligusticifolia      "white virgins-bower" same section
11929 Erigeron divergens  var. divergens   "spreading fleabane, spreading-daisy" same section
11926 Machaeranthera grindelioides  var. grindelioides   "gumweed tansy aster" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Pet Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 1.1 mi. N   Upper Valley 
Eagles Canyon (Valley) Carbon County, UT 1.9 mi. N   Scofield 
Heaps Canyon (Valley) Garfield County, UT 2.6 mi. N   Griffin Point 
Deer Canyon (Valley) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. N   Griffin Point 
Canaan Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. SE   Canaan Peak 
Willow Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. SE   Canaan Peak 
Heaps Ranch (Locale) Garfield County, UT 3.2 mi. NE 6172  Wide Hollow Reservoir 
Main Canyon (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.3 mi. NE   Griffin Point 
Allen Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 2.9 mi. W   Upper Valley 
Upper Valley Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3.5 mi. NE   Upper Valley 
Little Valley Canyon (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.9 mi. N   Griffin Point 
Upper Valley (Valley) Garfield County, UT 3.7 mi. NE   Upper Valley 
Birch Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3.8 mi. NE   Griffin Point 
North Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3.8 mi. NE   Barker Reservoir 
Left Hand Allen Creek (Stream) Garfield County, UT 3.4 mi. W   Upper Valley 
Riddle Ranch (Locale) Garfield County, UT 3.9 mi. NE 6080  Wide Hollow Reservoir 
Horizon Arch (Arch) Garfield County, UT 3.7 mi. E 6861  Canaan Creek 
Dry Fork (Stream) Garfield County, UT 4.7 mi. N   Griffin Point 
Twin Trees Campground (Locale) Garfield County, UT 4.5 mi. N 6713  Griffin Point 
Liston Flat (Flat) Garfield County, UT 4.1 mi. SW 7048  Upper Valley 

Links

Taxon Links for species Machaeranthera canescens  (Pursh) A. Gray

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=Machaeranthera+canescens

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