Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 04082 
Family Polygonaceae 
Species Eriogonum bicolor M.E. Jones
Common name "pretty buckwheat"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (2590)  18 May 1994
Geography United States,  Utah, Emery County
Lat./Long. 38°  52' 55" N, 110°  26 ' 32" W at 1400 meters (4592 ft)
Township/Range T22S, R13E, Sec. 24 at 1400 meters (4592 ft) 
Locality San Rafael Desert, Shadscale Mesa area. 
Ecology Ephedra-Atriplex community 
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):

     Eriogonum bicolor M.E. Jones

Common Name(s): pretty buckwheat.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=21078, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Caryophyllidae
                            Order: Polygonales
                                Family: Polygonaceae
                                    Genus: Eriogonum
                                        Species: Eriogonum bicolor
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 04082s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
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00694
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02031
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02876
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05390
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05554
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08344
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09584
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10362
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10383
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10469

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
02002 Achnatherum hymenoides      "Indian ricegrass" same section
06559 Artemisia filifolia      "sand sagebrush, old man sagebrush" 1.9 mi. SW
02004 Asclepias labriformis      "Utah milkweed, Circle Cliffs milkweed" same section
06553 Astragalus amphioxys  var. amphioxys   "Cresent milkvetch" 1.9 mi. SW
02003 Astragalus episcopus     same section
04084 Astragalus episcopus      "Bishop's milkvetch" 1.9 mi. SW
02034 Astragalus episcopus     1.9 mi. SW
02010 Astragalus flavus  var. argillosus  same section
04087 Astragalus flavus  var. argillosus   "Clay milkvetch" same section
06555 Astragalus praelongus  var. ellisiae   "Ellis' stinking milkvetch" 1.9 mi. SW
02030 Atriplex gardneri  var. cuneata   "Castle Valley saltbush" same section
04083 Caesalpinia repens      "Creeping rush-pea" 1.9 mi. SW
02033 Caesalpinia repens      "Creeping rush-pea" 1.9 mi. SW
02013 Chamaesyce fendleri      "Fendler's euphorb" same section
06556 Cleome lutea      "yellow beeplant" 1.9 mi. SW
06560 Coleogyne ramosissima      "blackbrush" 1.9 mi. SW
04086 Cryptantha flava      "yellow cryptanth" same section
02012 Cryptantha flava      "yellow cryptanth" same section
02011 Cryptantha wetherillii      "Wetherill's cryptanth" same section
02000 Cycladenia humilis  var. jonesii   "Jones' waxydogbane" same section
04090 Cycladenia humilis  var. jonesii   "Jones' waxydogbane" same section
02005 Enceliopsis nudicaulis      "nakedstem sunray" same section
02014 Ephedra torreyana      "Torrey's ephedra" same section
02031 Eriogonum bicolor      "pretty buckwheat" same section
02006 Eriogonum inflatum  var. inflatum   "desert trumpet" same section
04088 Gaillardia spathulata      "Colorado Plateau blanketflower" same section
02009 Gaillardia spathulata      "Colorado Plateau blanketflower" same section
02001 Hilaria jamesii      "Galleta or curly grass" same section
06557 Malacothrix sonchoides      "Sowthistle" 1.9 mi. SW
02032 Oenothera pallida  var. pallida   "Pale evening-primrose" 1.9 mi. SW
02017 Phacelia rafaelensis      "San Rafael phacelia" same section
06554 Poliomintha incana      "Purple sage" 1.9 mi. SW
02015 Sphaeralcea coccinea      "common globemallow" same section
02018 Stanleya pinnata  var. pinnata   "Prince's plume" same section
06558 Streptanthella longirostris      "little twistflower" 1.9 mi. SW
02007 Wyethia scabra      "Rough mulesears" same section
04089 Wyethia scabra      "Rough mulesear" same section
02008 Xylorhiza venusta     same section
03963 Xylorhiza venusta      "charming woodyaster, Cisco woodyaster" same section
06561 Yucca harrimaniae  var. harrimaniae   "Harriman's yucca" 1.9 mi. SW

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Moonshine Tanks (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 1 mi. N 4482  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
The Squeeze (Valley) Emery County, UT 2.6 mi. N   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Shadscale Mesa (Summit) Emery County, UT 2.5 mi. NE 4465  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Spotted Wolf Canyon (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.6 mi. NE   Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Greasewood Tank (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 3.8 mi. S 4505  Greasewood Draw 
Buckmaster Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 3.6 mi. NE   Jessies Twist 
Black Dragon Pictograph (Locale) Emery County, UT 4.2 mi. N 4626  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Black Dragon Wash (Valley) Emery County, UT 4.5 mi. NE   Drowned Hole Draw 
Tidwell Bottoms (Bend) Emery County, UT 4.9 mi. NE 4259  Spotted Wolf Canyon 
Hatt Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 4.1 mi. E 4229  Jessies Twist 
Greasewood Draw (Valley) Emery County, UT 4.5 mi. SE   Arsons Garden 
Jackass Benches (Bench) Emery County, UT 6.2 mi. N 5771  Drowned Hole Draw 
Buckmaster Reservoir (Reservoir) Emery County, UT 6.1 mi. NE 4347  Jessies Twist 

Links

Taxon Links for species Eriogonum bicolor  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=Eriogonum+bicolor

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