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Label

Accession No. 12014 
Family Linaceae 
Species Linum aristatum Engelm.
Common name "bristle flax"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (5450)  28 September 2006
Geography United States,  Utah, Garfield County
Lat./Long. 37°  40' 35" N, 111°  26 ' 48" W at 5785 feet (1763 m)
Locality Highway 9, about 15 miles S of Boulder, slick rock area SE of road. 
Ecology white sandstone, deep white sand soil of drainage. 
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):

     Linum aristatum Engelm.
     Cathartolinum aristatum (Engelm.) Small
     Mesynium aristatum (Engelm.) W.A. Weber

Common Name(s): bristle flax.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=29231, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Linales
                                Family: Linaceae
                                    Genus: Linum
                                        Species: Linum aristatum
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 12014s1.jpg specimen image: 12014d1.jpg specimen image: 12014c1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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06130
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08558
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09637
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10523
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12000
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12000
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12000
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12000
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12021
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12021
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12021
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12555

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
12015 Bouteloua curtipendula      "sideoats grama" same section
12018 Chrysopsis villosa  var. minor   "hairy goldenaster" same section
12019 Machaeranthera canescens  var. canescens   "hoary tansyaster, grey tansyaster" same section
12017 Poliomintha incana      "frosted mint" same section
12016 Schizachyrium scoparium  var. neomexicanum  same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Big Horn (Valley) Garfield County, UT 2282 ft. W   Tenmile Flat 
Cottonwood Wash (Valley) Garfield County, UT 1.3 mi. SE   Carcass Canyon 
Tenmile Spring (Spring) Garfield County, UT 1.4 mi. W 5328  Tenmile Flat 
Tenmile Flat (Flat) Garfield County, UT 1.7 mi. SW 5407  Tenmile Flat 
Halfway Hollow (Valley) Garfield County, UT 2.2 mi. SE   Seep Flat 
Alvey Wash (Valley) Garfield County, UT 2.2 mi. W   Death Ridge 
Deadman Ridge (Ridge) Garfield County, UT 2.8 mi. S 5450  Tenmile Flat 
Little Spencer Flat (Flat) Garfield County, UT 3.7 mi. N 5916  Tenmile Flat 
Seep Flat (Flat) Garfield County, UT 4 mi. S 5440  Seep Flat 
Barney Reservoir (Reservoir) Garfield County, UT 5.1 mi. S 5404  Seep Flat 
Big Spencer Flats (Flat) Garfield County, UT 4.8 mi. NE 5742  Tenmile Flat 
Phipps Arch (Arch) Garfield County, UT 5.9 mi. N 5561  Calf Creek 
Garfield County (Civil) Garfield County, UT 5.9 mi. N 6004  Escalante 

Links

Taxon Links for species Linum aristatum  Engelm.

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=Linum+aristatum

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