Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 10322 
Family Hydrophyllaceae 
Species Phacelia ambigua M.E. Jones
Common name "notch-leaf scorpionweed"
Collector Information Donna M. Barnes  (4235)  19 April 2005
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  8' 14" N, 114°  2 ' 6" W at 3165 feet (964 m)
Locality along Bull Valley Road, at the summit of the slope on the W side of Beaver Dam Wash, W of Lytle Ranch; 
Ecology warm desert shrub community; gravelly slope of roadcut. 
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):

     Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua (M.E. Jones) J.F. Macbr.

     Phacelia ambigua M.E. Jones

Common Name(s): caterpillarweed, purplestem phacelia.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=531516, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Solanales
                                Family: Hydrophyllaceae
                                    Genus: Phacelia
                                        Species: Phacelia crenulata
                                            Variety: Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 10322s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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03098
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04977
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10308
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11418
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11418
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11635
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11635
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14019
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14019
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14019
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14019

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14816 Acacia greggii     same section
05725 Acacia greggii      "catclaw acacia" same section
14495 Acacia greggii     2925 ft. W
08746 Acacia greggii      "catclaw acacia" 1390 ft. SE
14494 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus     594 ft. S
08743 Amaranthus albus      "pale pigweed" 1390 ft. SE
08738 Antennaria microphylla      "little-leaf pussytoes" 1390 ft. SE
10194 Baccharis glutinosa      "sticky seep-willow" 2949 ft. W
10321 Baileya multiradiata      "desert marigold" same section
08733 Berula erecta      "cut-leaf water parsnip" 1390 ft. SE
10195 Calochortus flexuosus      "winding mariposa lily" 1.9 mi. NE
08736 Centaurium calycosum      "Arizona centaury" 1390 ft. SE
08734 Chenopodium botrys      "Jerusalem oak goosefoot" 1390 ft. SE
05742 Chilopsis linearis      "desert willow" same section
08744 Chilopsis linearis      "desert willow" 1390 ft. SE
10320 Cryptantha utahensis      "Utah forget-me-not" same section
05745 Cucurbita foetidissima      "Missouri gourd" same section
10196 Dichelostemma pulchellum     1.9 mi. NE
05760 Ficus carica      "edible fig" same section
05724 Fraxinus velutina      "velvet ash" same section
05746 Juglans major      "Arizona walnut" same section
08735 Juncus torreyi      "Torrey's rush" 1390 ft. SE
15219 Larrea tridentata      "creosote bush" same section
14490 Lycium andersonii     594 ft. S
05744 Lycium torreyi      "Torrey wolfberry" same section
08741 Mimulus bigelovii  var. cuspidatus  1390 ft. SE
05726 Morus alba      "white mulberry" same section
05737 Neolloydia johnsonii     same section
05759 Nerium oleander      "oleander" same section
05764 Opuntia acanthocarpa     same section
05763 Opuntia basilaris  var. basilaris   "beavertail pricklypear" same section
05762 Opuntia engelmannii  var. linguiformis   "cactus apple" same section
05761 Opuntia phaeacantha  var. laevis  same section
05765 Opuntia violacea     same section
05743 Paspalum distichum      "knotgrass" same section
08737 Petunia parviflora     1390 ft. SE
08745 Phoradendron californicum      "mesquite mistletoe" 1390 ft. SE
08740 Polypogon viridis      "beardless rabbitsfoot grass" 1390 ft. SE
08739 Psathyrotes annua      "annual turtleback" 1390 ft. SE
05324 Punica granatum      "pomegranate" same section
14815 Salix laevigata     same section
05727 Salix laevigata      "red willow" same section
08742 Solanum sarrachoides     1390 ft. SE
15432 Thamnosma montana      "turpentinebroom" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Bull Valley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1707 ft. E 2736  Scarecrow Peak 
Bull Valley Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 1910 ft. E   Jacks Mountain 
Guy Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 0.8 mi. N   Scarecrow Peak 
Indian Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 0.7 mi. E   West Mountain Peak 
Little Bull Valley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 0.9 mi. NE   Scarecrow Peak 
Catclaw Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.3 mi. NE   Scarecrow Peak 
Reber Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.2 mi. S   Castle Cliff 
Snow Spring Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. S 2562  Terry Benches 
Snow Spring Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 3.1 mi. S   Scarecrow Peak 
Burgess Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.5 mi. S   Castle Cliff 
Horse Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.8 mi. N   West Mountain Peak 
Terry Benches (Bench) Lincoln County, NV 5.5 mi. S 2815  Terry Benches 
Lower Lime Mountain Well (Well) Lincoln County, NV 5.3 mi. N 3288  Scarecrow Peak 

Links

Taxon Links for species Phacelia ambigua  M.E. Jones

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=Phacelia+ambigua

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