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Polemoniaceae  ¦  Leptodactylon  ¦  Leptodactylon pungens  ¦  14051

Label

Accession No. 14051 
Family Polemoniaceae 
Species Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt.
Collector Information S. Hegji  (39)  31 May 2010
Geography United States,  Utah, Juab County
Lat./Long. 39°  46' 28.5" N, 113°  24 ' 21.1" W at 4441 feet (1353 m)
Locality E slope Fish Springs Range, ca 0.5 km W of Sand Pass Rd; 
Ecology rocky, sandy alluvial slope; with sagebrush, shadscale, and Tetradymia. 
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):

     Leptodactylon pungens (Torr.) Torr. ex Nutt.
     Gilia hallii Parish
     Gilia pungens (Torr.) Benth.
     Gilia pungens var. hookeri (Dougl. ex Hook.) Gray
     Leptodactylon hazeliae M.E. Peck
     Leptodactylon lilacinum Greene ex Baker
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. brevifolium (Rydb.) Wherry
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. eupungens (Brand) Wherry
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. hallii (Parish) Mason
     Leptodactylon pungens var. hallii (Parish) Jepson
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. hazeliae (M.E. Peck) Meinke
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. hookeri (Dougl. ex Hook.) Wherry
     Leptodactylon pungens var. hookeri (Dougl. ex Hook.) Jepson
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. pulchriflorum (Brand) Mason
     Leptodactylon pungens ssp. squarrosum (Gray) Tidestrom

Common Name(s): common pricklygilia, granite gilia, granite prickly gilia, granite prickly phlox, granite pricklygilia.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=31233, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Solanales
                                Family: Polemoniaceae
                                    Genus: Leptodactylon
                                        Species: Leptodactylon pungens
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 14051a1.jpg specimen image: 14051b1.jpg specimen image: 14051c1.jpg specimen image: 14051s1.jpg

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14038 Arabis pulchra  var. munciensis   "Muncy rockcress" 1 mi. E
14046 Astragalus purshii  var. glareosus   "woollypod milkvetch" same section
14049 Chaenactis macrantha      "showy dusty-maiden" 2249 ft. E
14048 Chaenactis stevioides      "desert pincushion" 2249 ft. E
14041 Erigeron pumilus  var. concinnus   "western shaggy fleabane" 1 mi. E
14040 Erigeron pumilus  var. concinnus   "western shaggy fleabane" 1 mi. E
14043 Gilia inconspicua      "shy gilia" 1 mi. E
14044 Krascheninnikovia lanata      "winterfat" same section
14042 Lathyrus brachycalyx  var. brachycalyx   "Bonneville sweetpea" 1 mi. E
14045 Lomatium foeniculaceum      "desert biscuitroot" same section
14047 Malacothrix torreyi      "Torrey's desert-dandelion" same section
14050 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" 1904 ft. E
14039 Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia      "gooseberry-leaf globemallow" 1.1 mi. E

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Devils Hole (Locale) Juab County, UT 1911 ft. SE 4334  Fish Springs SW 
Cane Springs (Spring) Juab County, UT 1.6 mi. SE 4334  Fish Springs SW 
Fish Springs Flat (Flat) Juab County, UT 3.1 mi. NE 4305  Fish Springs SE 
Fish Springs Range (Range) Juab County, UT 3.8 mi. S 7235  Sand Pass NW 
Percy Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 4 mi. N 4305  Fish Springs SW 
George H. Hansen Peak (Summit) Juab County, UT 3.9 mi. SW 8206  Sand Pass NW 
South Springs (Spring) Juab County, UT 4.2 mi. N 4305  Fish Springs SW 
Crater Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 4.3 mi. N 4305  Fish Springs SW 
Lost Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 4.4 mi. N 4305  Fish Springs SW 
Fish Springs (Locale) Juab County, UT 4.5 mi. N 4351  Fish Springs SW 
Middle Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 4.7 mi. N 4318  Fish Springs SW 
Thomas Springs (Spring) Juab County, UT 4.9 mi. N 4318  Fish Springs SW 
Pony Express Monument (Park) Juab County, UT 5.1 mi. N 4479  Fish Springs SW 
Mirror Spring (Spring) Juab County, UT 5.2 mi. N 4315  Fish Springs SW 
House Springs (Spring) Juab County, UT 5.2 mi. N 4318  Fish Springs SW 
Avocet Pool (Reservoir) Juab County, UT 5.6 mi. NE 4305  Fish Springs SE 
Wilson Mine (Mine) Juab County, UT 5.8 mi. N 5125  Fish Springs SW 
Vulcan Mine (Mine) Juab County, UT 5.9 mi. N 5053  Fish Springs SW 
Emma Mine (Mine) Juab County, UT 6 mi. N 5063  Fish Springs SW 
Cactus Mine (Mine) Juab County, UT 5.7 mi. NW 4600  Fish Springs SW 

Links

Taxon Links for species Leptodactylon pungens  (Torr.) Torr. ex 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=Leptodactylon+pungens

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