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Label

Accession No. 03763 
Family Krameriaceae 
Species Krameria erecta Willd. ex Schult.
Common name "little-leaf ratany"
Collector Information E. Beddoes  (s.n.)  21 May 1999
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  2' 0.01" N, 113°  40 ' 11" W
Township/Range T43S, R16W, Sec. 20 
Locality 1.3 miles S of E'ola building on Arizona strip. Take western turn off for 1 mile. S side of dirt road. 
Ecology Full sun, western slope. 
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.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


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

     Krameria erecta Willd. ex J.A. Schultes
     Krameria glandulosa Rose & Painter
     Krameria imparata (J.F. Macbr.) Britt.
     Krameria parvifolia Benth.
     Krameria parvifolia var. glandulosa (Rose & Painter) J.F. Macbr.
     Krameria parvifolia var. imparata J.F. Macbr.

Common Name(s): littleleaf ratany, range ratany, range ratany (littleleaf).

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=503288, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Polygalales
                                Family: Krameriaceae
                                    Genus: Krameria
                                        Species: Krameria erecta
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 03763s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 02663s1.jpg 
02663
 specimen image: 02928s1.jpg 
02928
 specimen image: 03696s1.jpg 
03696
 specimen image: 03849s1.jpg 
03849
specimen image: 04043s1.jpg 
04043
 specimen image: 04234s1.jpg 
04234
 specimen image: 09347s1.jpg 
09347
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13185
specimen image: 13268s1.jpg 
13268

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
02662 Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus      "goldenhead" 2 mi. N
03764 Baileya pleniradiata      "woolly desert-marigold" same section
02650 Camissonia parryi      "Parry's suncup" 2 mi. N
02643 Delphinium parishii  var. parishii  2 mi. N
03765 Eriogonum inflatum  var. inflatum   "desert trumpet" same section
00161 Gaillardia pinnatifida      "Hopi blanketflower" 2.3 mi. N
02646 Gaura coccinea      "scarlet beeblossom" 2 mi. N
02663 Krameria erecta      "little-leaf ratany" 2 mi. N
02649 Langloisia setosissima     2 mi. N
02660 Larrea tridentata      "creosote bush" 2 mi. N
06531 Malacothrix glabrata      "smooth desert-dandelion" 1.4 mi. SW
02647 Mirabilis bigelovii      "Bigelow's desert four o'clock" 2 mi. N
06540 Phacelia fremontii      "Fremont's scorpionweed" 1.4 mi. SW
02648 Phacelia pulchella  var. pulchella   "beautiful scorpionweed" 2 mi. N
02661 Psorothamnus fremontii      "Fremont's dalea" 2 mi. N
02645 Sphaeralcea ambigua  var. ambigua   "desert globemallow" 2 mi. N
02644 Xylorhiza tortifolia  var. tortifolia   "Mojave aster" 2 mi. N
06535 Xylorhiza tortifolia  var. tortifolia   "Mojave aster" 1.4 mi. SW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
West Mountain Valley Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1 mi. S   Jarvis Peak 
Val Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 0.8 mi. SE   White Hills 
First Narrows (Gap) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. S 2497  White Hills 
Big Round Valley (Basin) Washington County, UT 1.1 mi. SE 2444  White Hills 
Little Round Valley (Basin) Washington County, UT 1.7 mi. SE 2464  White Hills 
Starvation Point (Cape) Washington County, UT 2.1 mi. S 2927  White Hills 
Cottonwood Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. N   Jarvis Peak 
Curly Hollow Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2 mi. E   Jarvis Peak 
Atkinville Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 2 mi. E   Saint George 
Atkinville (Populated Place) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. E 2503  White Hills 
Red Bluff (Cliff) Washington County, UT 2.8 mi. NE 3255  White Hills 
Curley Hollow Reservoir (Reservoir) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. NW 3225  White Hills 
The Gap (Gap) Washington County, UT 3.5 mi. N 2923  White Hills 
Black Rock Interchange (Crossing) Mohave County, AZ 3.8 mi. S 2799  Purgatory Canyon 
Starvation Point (Cliff) Mohave County, AZ 3.7 mi. SW 3416  Purgatory Canyon 
State Line Reservoir (Reservoir) Mohave County, AZ 4 mi. S 2694  Purgatory Canyon 
Bloomington Hill (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. NE 2700  Saint George 
Bloomington (Populated Place) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. E 2520  Saint George 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Church) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. E 2523  Saint George 
Stucki Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.6 mi. N 3064  White Hills 

Links

Taxon Links for species Krameria erecta  Willd. ex Schult.

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=Krameria+erecta

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