Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 14461 
Family Loasaceae 
Species Eucnide urens (Parry ex A. Gray) Parry
Collector Information R. Van Buren  (1139)  06 April 2006 , with J. Cooper
Voucher Voucher for "Woody Plants of Utah" by R. Van Buren, K.T. Harper, J. Cooper 
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 36°  54' 56.23" N, 113°  50 ' 42.26" W at 1981 feet (603 m)
Locality Beaver Dam Mountains, Virgin River Gorge, The Narrows, ca. 1 mile E of the mouth, S side of I-15; 
Ecology on a limestone outcrop; 
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):

     Eucnide urens (Parry ex Gray) Parry

Common Name(s): desert rock nettle, desert stingbush, stingbush.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=19846, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Violales
                                Family: Loasaceae
                                    Genus: Eucnide
                                        Species: Eucnide urens
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 11532s1.jpg 
11532

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05592 Bebbia juncea  var. aspera   "sweetbush" 1.1 mi. NW
05591 Brickellia atractyloides      "spearleaf brickellbush" 1.1 mi. NW
10054 Candelariella rosulans      "eggyolk lichen" 1.3 mi. NW
05595 Eriogonum heermannii  var. sulcatum   "Heermann's wild buckwheat" 1.1 mi. NW
11532 Eucnide urens      "desert stingbush" 352 ft. NE
14463 Galium stellatum     same section
10052 Pleopsidium flavum     1.3 mi. NW
05593 Scopulophila rixfordii      "Rixford's rockwort" 1.1 mi. NW
14601 Stephanomeria pauciflora     same section
10053 Xanthoparmelia mexicana      "Mexican xanthoparmelia lichen" 1.3 mi. NW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
The Narrows (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 1.1 mi. W   Mountain Sheep Spring 
Sullivans Canyon (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 2.2 mi. NE   Mount Bangs 
Mountain Sheep Wash (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 2.9 mi. NE   Mount Bangs 
Figure Four Canyon (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 2.7 mi. W   Mount Bangs 
Castle Cliff Wash (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 3.3 mi. W   Jarvis Peak 
Hedricks Canyon (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 4.2 mi. SW   Mount Bangs 
Cedar Pockets Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.3 mi. NE   Jarvis Peak 
Cedar Pockets Wash (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 4.3 mi. NE   Jarvis Peak 
Lost Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 4.4 mi. SE 4062  Mount Bangs 
Beaver Dam Wash (Stream) Lincoln County, NV 4.4 mi. W   Pine Park 
Beaver Dam Wash (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 4.4 mi. W   Pine Park 
Mountain Sheep Spring (Spring) Mohave County, AZ 4.7 mi. SE 4662  Mountain Sheep Spring 
Frehner Canyon (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 5.3 mi. SW   Mount Bangs 
Boulder Canyon (Valley) Mohave County, AZ 6 mi. SW   Mount Bangs 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eucnide urens  (Parry ex A. Gray) Parry

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=Eucnide+urens

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