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Label

Accession No. 05509 
Family Asteraceae 
Species Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook.
Common name "flatspine bur ragweed"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (939)  25 August 2001 , with K.T. Harper, R. Jolley, W. Yates
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  4' 22" N, 112°  40 ' 20" W at 6451 feet (1966 m)
Township/Range T43S, R7W, Sec. 8 at 6451 feet (1966 m) 
Locality sand dunes E of Hancock Road, Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park; 
Ecology actively moving, red sand dune. 
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: 05509s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 02589s2.jpg 
02589
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02590
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03220
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07046
specimen image: 07193s3.jpg 
07193
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11047

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05433 Artemisia campestris  var. scouleriana   "Pacific sagewort" same section
05416 Asclepias welshii      "Welsh's milkweed" same section
05434 Asclepias welshii      "Welsh's milkweed" same section
05507 Bouteloua gracilis      "blue grama" same section
05422 Calamovilfa gigantea      "giant sandreed" same section
05424 Castilleja linariifolia      "Wyoming Indian paintbrush" same section
05423 Chamaesyce parryi      "Parry's sandmat" same section
05672 Cyperus schweinitzii      "Schweinitz's flatsedge" same section
05420 Eriogonum cernuum      "nodding wild buckwheat" same section
05522 Hymenopappus filifolius  var. cinereus   "common woollywhite" same section
05431 Ipomopsis congesta  var. frutescens   "ball-headed gilia" same section
10556 Juncus bufonius      "toad rush" 1.9 mi. NW
05521 Leptosiphon nuttallii      "Nuttall's linanthus" same section
05504 Machaeranthera canescens  var. aristata   "San Juan tansyaster" same section
05505 Muhlenbergia pungens      "sandhill muhly" same section
10557 Myosurus minimus      "tiny mousetail" 1.9 mi. NW
05419 Polygonum douglasii  var. johnstonii  same section
05506 Redfieldia flexuosa      "blowout grass" same section
05432 Reverchonia arenaria      "sand reverchonia" same section
05767 Salix lasiolepis      "arroyo willow" same section
05421 Senecio spartioides  var. spartioides   "broom ragwort" same section
05418 Tradescantia occidentalis  var. occidentalis   "prairie spiderwort" same section
05417 Wyethia scabra      "rough mule's ears" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Sand Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2311 ft. E 6247  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Sand Springs Overnight Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 2539 ft. NE 6204  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Ponderosa Grove Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 1.1 mi. N 6283  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Indian Canyon Pictograph Site (Locale) Kane County, UT 1.6 mi. E 5666  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Yellowjacket Picnic Site (Park) Kane County, UT 1.8 mi. W 6214  Yellowjacket Canyon 
South Fork Indian Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 1.9 mi. E   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Yellowjacket Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2.5 mi. N 6172  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Water Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.3 mi. E   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Farm Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.8 mi. E   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Reserve (Park) Kane County, UT 3.4 mi. SW 5925  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Indian Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 3.1 mi. E   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Monument Knoll (Summit) Kane County, UT 4.1 mi. N 5932  Mount Carmel 
Moquith Mountains (Range) Kane County, UT 4 mi. S 6893  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Sethys Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 4.4 mi. N   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Yellowjacket Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 4.8 mi. N   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Cottonwood Point (Summit) Kane County, UT 4.4 mi. SE 5164  Kanab 
Chris Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 4.7 mi. SW 5932  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Willow Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 4 mi. W 6411  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Cougar Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 4.8 mi. S   Yellowjacket Canyon 
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 4.3 mi. SW 5919  Yellowjacket Canyon 

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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