Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 12000 
Family Linaceae 
Species Linum aristatum Engelm.
Common name "bristle flax"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (5436)  27 September 2006
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  0' 7" N, 112°  44 ' 45" W at 6103 feet (1860 m)
Locality Coral Pink Sand Dunes, west access. 
Ecology deep actively moving dunes. 
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: 12000s1.jpg specimen image: 12000d1.jpg specimen image: 12000c1.jpg specimen image: 12000e1.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
specimen image: 12014c1.jpg 
12014
specimen image: 12014d1.jpg 
12014
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12014
specimen image: 12021c1.jpg 
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.
05085 Abronia fragrans      "snowball sand verbena" 2.7 mi. NW
05095 Artemisia filifolia      "sand sagebrush" 2.7 mi. NW
05083 Boechera holboellii  var. pinetorum  2.7 mi. NW
05096 Calamovilfa gigantea      "giant sandreed" 2.7 mi. NW
08507 Dimorphocarpa wislizeni      "Wislizen's spectacle pod" 9.2 mi. S
05082 Fritillaria atropurpurea      "leopard-lily" 2.7 mi. NW
08503 Hymenopappus filifolius  var. cinereus   "common woollywhite" 9.2 mi. S
05094 Juncus arcticus  ssp. littoralis   "mountain rush" 2.7 mi. NW
05081 Lathyrus brachycalyx  var. zionis   "Zion sweetpea" 2.7 mi. NW
08506 Oenothera albicaulis      "prairie evening primrose" 9.2 mi. S
05084 Phlox jonesii      "Jones' southern phlox" 2.7 mi. NW
08161 Phoradendron juniperinum      "juniper mistletoe" 2.1 mi. N
08508 Psoralidium lanceolatum  var. lanceolatum   "Plains scurfpea" 9.2 mi. S
05080 Sophora stenophylla      "fringe-leaf necklacepod" 2.7 mi. NW
11988 Wyethia scabra      "rough mule's ears" 2.4 mi. N

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Willow Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 1.7 mi. SW 5889  Moccasin 
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Campground (Locale) Kane County, UT 2.4 mi. N 5919  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Bee Cistern (Well) Mohave County, AZ 2 mi. W 5880  Moccasin 
Chris Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 2.2 mi. E 5932  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Dixie Knoll (Summit) Kane County, UT 2.4 mi. NW 5742  Elephant Butte 
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Reserve (Park) Kane County, UT 3 mi. NE 5925  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Blue Knolls (Summit) Mohave County, AZ 3.2 mi. SE 5253  Kaibab 
Esplin Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 3.5 mi. N 6142  Elephant Butte 
Moquith Mountains (Range) Kane County, UT 2.9 mi. E 6893  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Burnt Corral Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 3.6 mi. SW 6086  Moccasin 
Ed Lamb Point (Cape) Kane County, UT 3.1 mi. E 6861  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Moccasin Mountains (Summit) Mohave County, AZ 3.5 mi. SW 6149  Moccasin 
Red Cliff Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 3.3 mi. SE 5512  Kaibab 
Ed Lamb Point (Cliff) Mohave County, AZ 3.4 mi. E 6779  Kaibab 
Willow Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 4.4 mi. N 6411  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Cedar Ridge (Ridge) Mohave County, AZ 4.7 mi. SE 5223  Kaibab 
Semen Cistern (Well) Mohave County, AZ 4.4 mi. SW 6408  Moccasin 
Moccasin Mountains (Range) Kane County, UT 4.2 mi. W 5883  Elephant Butte 
Yellowjacket Picnic Site (Park) Kane County, UT 5.7 mi. N 6214  Yellowjacket Canyon 
Bull Pasture Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 5.6 mi. SW 6342  Moccasin 

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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