Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 08516 
Family Hydrophyllaceae 
Species Nama retrorsum J.T. Howell
Common name "Howell's nama"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (3371)  28 May 2003 , with K.T. Harper, R. Jolley
Geography United States,  Utah, Kane County
Lat./Long. 37°  9' 18" N, 111°  32 ' 5" W at 4088 feet (1246 m)
Locality Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument, Smokey Hollow road off Hwy 89. 
Ecology rabbitbrush-Ephedra community; rocky soil, Straight Cliff Formation. 
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):

     Nama retrorsum J.T. Howell

Common Name(s): betatakin fiddleleaf.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=31405, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Solanales
                                Family: Hydrophyllaceae
                                    Genus: Nama
                                        Species: Nama retrorsum
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 08516s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 10565s1.jpg 
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08513 Achnatherum speciosum      "desert needlegrass" same section
08515 Astragalus amphioxys  var. modestus   "Crescent milkvetch" same section
08511 Brickellia atractyloides      "spearleaf brickellbush" same section
08530 Chaenactis stevioides      "desert pincushion" same section
08512 Cirsium neomexicanum  var. neomexicanum   "New Mexico thistle" same section
08524 Cryptantha circumscissa      "Opening cryptanth" same section
08528 Encelia frutescens  var. resinosa   "sticky brittlebush" same section
08525 Eriogonum palmerianum      "Palmer's buckwheat" same section
08531 Ipomopsis gunnisonii      "Gunnison's gilia" same section
08529 Lepidium virginicum      "Virginia cress" same section
08517 Lupinus pusillus  var. intermontanus   "Great Basin lupine" same section
08526 Malacothrix sonchoides      "Sowthistle" same section
08523 Oenothera caespitosa  var. caespitosa   "Morning-lily" same section
08527 Phacelia crenulata  var. crenulata   "Crenulate phacelia" same section
08532 Phacelia pulchella  var. sabulonum   "beautiful scorpionweed" same section
08522 Psilostrophe sparsiflora      "Greenstem paperflower" same section
08514 Tiquilia latior      "Woody tiquilia" same section

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
South Branch Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 2403 ft. N   Nipple Butte 
Tibbet Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 2723 ft. N   Tibbet Bench 
Baldwin Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 1.3 mi. SE   Tibbet Bench 
Middle Warm Creek Point (Ridge) Kane County, UT 2.3 mi. S 5423  Lone Rock 
Smoky Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.7 mi. N   Ship Mountain Point 
Squaw Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 2.5 mi. SE   Smoky Hollow 
North Branch Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 3.4 mi. N   Nipple Butte 
Wesses Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 3.4 mi. N   Ship Mountain Point 
John Henry Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 3.4 mi. N   Tibbet Bench 
Nipple Bench (Bench) Kane County, UT 3 mi. SW 5328  Tibbet Bench 
North Branch Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 4.1 mi. NW   Fourmile Bench 
Tibbet Bench (Bench) Kane County, UT 4.2 mi. NW 4990  Tibbet Bench 
Pasture Point Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 4.5 mi. SE   Smoky Hollow 
Warm Creek (Stream) Kane County, UT 4.8 mi. SE   Smoky Hollow 
Pasture Point (Cape) Kane County, UT 4.8 mi. SE 4101  Warm Creek Bay 
Mustard Point (Ridge) Kane County, UT 5 mi. SW 5453  Lone Rock 
Sile Brink Hollow (Valley) Kane County, UT 5.2 mi. SE   Warm Creek Bay 
Prickly Pear Point (Cape) Kane County, UT 5.6 mi. SE 4114  Warm Creek Bay 
Crosby Canyon (Valley) Kane County, UT 5.8 mi. SE   Lone Rock 
Tibbet Spring (Spring) Kane County, UT 5.5 mi. NW 4712  Tibbet Bench 

Links

Taxon Links for species Nama retrorsum  J.T. Howell

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=Nama+retrorsum

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