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Label

Accession No. 13619 
Family Asclepiadaceae 
Species Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.
Collector Information G.A. Reese  (4840)  29 June 2010
Geography United States,  Arizona, Coconino County
Lat./Long. 36°  56' 3" N, 111°  29 ' 23" W at 4000 feet (1219 m)
UTM 12N 4087600N  456400E 
Locality Tower Hill, W of Glen Canyon Dam, on undisturbed slickrock SW of the roadcut for US Highway 89, opposite Beehive Rock; 
Ecology in undisturbed sandy pockets on sandstone slickrock; with Coleogyne ramosissima, Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii & Ephedra nevadensis; 
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):

     Asclepias latifolia (Torr.) Raf.

Common Name(s): broadleaf milkweed.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=30278, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Gentianales
                                Family: Asclepiadaceae
                                    Genus: Asclepias
                                        Species: Asclepias latifolia
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 13619b2.jpg specimen image: 13619c2.jpg specimen image: 13619d2.jpg specimen image: 13619e2.jpg
specimen image: 13619s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 10901as5.jpg 
10901
 specimen image: 10901s4.jpg 
10901

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
10485 Astragalus amphioxys  var. modestus   "modest crescent milkvetch" 2.3 mi. N
10518 Dalea flavescens  var. flavescens   "Kanab prairie-clover" 2.3 mi. N
14849 Encelia frutescens  var. resinosa  1319 ft. NE
10515 Ipomopsis pumila      "dwarf gilia" 2.3 mi. N
10521 Layia glandulosa      "white-daisy tidytips" 2.4 mi. N
10516 Malacothrix glabrata      "smooth desert-dandelion" 2.3 mi. N
10517 Phacelia integrifolia      "gypsum scorpionweed" 2.3 mi. N
10519 Senecio douglasii  var. longilobus   "thread-leaf ragwort" 2.3 mi. N
10520 Stephanomeria exigua      "small wirelettuce" 2.3 mi. N

Locale


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

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Beehive Rock (Pillar) Coconino County, AZ 723 ft. NE 4082  Page 
Glen Canyon Substation (Locale) Coconino County, AZ 1491 ft. SE 3888  Page 
Glen Canyon Dam Visitor Center (Building) Coconino County, AZ 1505 ft. E 3419  Page 
Lake Powell (Reservoir) Coconino County, AZ 1797 ft. E 3163  Page 
Glen Canyon Dam (Dam) Coconino County, AZ 1984 ft. NE 3629  Page 
Arizona State Inspection Station (Locale) Coconino County, AZ 1.2 mi. N 4036  Page 
Sentinel Rock (Pillar) Coconino County, AZ 1.5 mi. N 3704  Page 
Wahweap Lodge and Marina (Locale) Coconino County, AZ 1.5 mi. N 3704  Page 
Page Maintenance Yard (Locale) Coconino County, AZ 1.5 mi. N 4042  Ferry Swale 
Page (Populated Place) Coconino County, AZ 2 mi. SE 4193  Page 
Emergency Medical Heliport (Airport) Coconino County, AZ 1.8 mi. SE 4295  Page 
Page Substation (Locale) Coconino County, AZ 2.2 mi. S 4147  Page 
Page Elementary School (School) Coconino County, AZ 2.3 mi. SE 4364  Page 
Page High School (School) Coconino County, AZ 2.3 mi. SE 4360  Page 
John C Page Park (Park) Coconino County, AZ 2.3 mi. SE 4357  Page 
KPGE-AM (Page) (Tower) Coconino County, AZ 2.5 mi. SE 4275  Page 
KXAZ-FM (Page) (Tower) Coconino County, AZ 2.5 mi. SE 4275  Page 
Manson Mesa (Summit) Coconino County, AZ 2.5 mi. SE 4370  Page 
Page Municipal Airport (Airport) Coconino County, AZ 2.3 mi. E 4262  Page 
Jack Doland Field (Park) Coconino County, AZ 2.7 mi. SE 4383  Page 

Links

Taxon Links for species Asclepias latifolia  (Torr.) Raf.

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=Asclepias+latifolia

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