Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 10094 
Family Caryophyllaceae 
Species Arenaria lanuginosa (Michx.) Rohrb.
Subspecies var. saxosa (A. Gray) Zarucchi, R.L. Hartm. & Rabeler
Common name "spreading sandwort"
Collector Information J. Spencer  (1258)  26 September 1998 , with D. Atwood
Geography Mexico,  Chihuahua, 
Lat./Long. 30°  13' 37" N, 108°  31 ' 29" W at 7200 feet (2195 m)
Locality 13 mi SW of Altamirano, just S of Los Azules, Sierra La Brena, on Sierra Madre Occidental. 
Ecology high rocky knob, Pine-oak woodland. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa (Gray) Maguire

     Arenaria confusa Rydb.
     Arenaria lanuginosa var. cinerascens (B.L. Robins.) Shinners
     Arenaria saxosa Gray
     Arenaria saxosa var. cinerascens B.L. Robins.
     Arenaria saxosa var. mearnsii (Woot. & Standl.) Kearney & Peebles
     Spergulastrum lanuginosum ssp. saxosum (Gray) W.A. Weber

Common Name(s): spreading sandwort.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=20260, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Caryophyllales
                                Family: Caryophyllaceae
                                    Genus: Arenaria
                                        Species: Arenaria lanuginosa
                                            Subspecies: Arenaria lanuginosa ssp. saxosa
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 10094s2.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00567s2.jpg 
00567
specimen image: 15928s1.jpg 
15928

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09198 Artemisia ludoviciana  ssp. mexicana   "Louisiana wormwood" same section
10093 Brickellia rusbyi      "stinking brickellbush" same section
10082 Lopezia gracilis     same section
10095 Valeriana sorbifolia      "pineland valerian" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Arenaria lanuginosa  (Michx.) Rohrb.

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=Arenaria+lanuginosa

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