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Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)

Cirsium joannae or Joanna’s thistle is a relatively recently described species as it was named after Joanna Welch in 2007  who collected and helpe...


Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Joanna's thistle (Cirsium joannae)

Cirsium joannae or Joanna’s thistle is a relatively recently described species as it was named after Joanna Welch in 2007  who collected and helpe...


Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)

Erigeron cronquistii is known only from Cache County, Utah where it is found in crevices of limestone and dolomite cliffs in the Bear River Range from Lo...


Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Cronquist Daisy (Erigeron cronquistii)

Erigeron cronquistii is known only from Cache County, Utah where it is found in crevices of limestone and dolomite cliffs in the Bear River Range from Lo...


Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)

Erigeron garrettii is known only from the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake County and Wasatch County, Utah where it grows along a 25 mile section of habi...


Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Garrett's Fleabane (Erigeron garrettii)

Erigeron garrettii is known only from the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake County and Wasatch County, Utah where it grows along a 25 mile section of habi...


La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)

Erigeron mancus is known only from the La Sal Mountains from a narrow region of the Navajo Basin that saddles Grand County and San Juan County, Utah. Th...


La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › La Sal Daisy (Erigeron mancus)

Erigeron mancus is known only from the La Sal Mountains from a narrow region of the Navajo Basin that saddles Grand County and San Juan County, Utah. Th...


Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)

Erigeron untermannii is a Uinta Basin endemic found in Duchesne, Uintah, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, Utah. It is a long lived perennial with an intricat...


Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Untermann's Daisy (Erigeron untermannii)

Erigeron untermannii is a Uinta Basin endemic found in Duchesne, Uintah, Emery, and Sanpete Counties, Utah. It is a long lived perennial with an intricat...


Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)

Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana is known only from the Canyon Mountains and Mount Nebo in the  Wasatch Range where it is found on rocky slopes and ...


Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Barneby's Rockaster (Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana)

Herrickia kingii var. barnebyana is known only from the Canyon Mountains and Mount Nebo in the  Wasatch Range where it is found on rocky slopes and ...


Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)

Jones golden-aster, Heterotheca jonesii, is an endemic to Utah, found in Kane, Garfield, and Washington Counties. It can be spotted by its bright yellow ...


Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Jones Golden-aster (Heterotheca jonesii)

Jones golden-aster, Heterotheca jonesii, is an endemic to Utah, found in Kane, Garfield, and Washington Counties. It can be spotted by its bright yellow ...


Alcove Rock-daisy (Laphamia specicola)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Alcove Rock-daisy (Laphamia specicola)

Laphamia specicola is known from Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah where it grows only in the Navajo Basin along the Colorado and San Juan Rivers. This s...


Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)

Packera musiniensis is a Utah endemic species found in Sanpete County. It grows on ridge tops of the Tertiary Flagstaff Limestone barrens, talus slopes o...


Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Musinea Groundsel (Packera musiniensis)

Packera musiniensis is a Utah endemic species found in Sanpete County. It grows on ridge tops of the Tertiary Flagstaff Limestone barrens, talus slopes o...


La Sal Mountains' Groundsel (Senecio inexpectatus)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › La Sal Mountains' Groundsel (Senecio inexpectatus)

Senecio freemontii var. inexpectatus grows on alpine ridge crests, talus slopes, and in subalpine meadows between 3000 - 3700 meters (10,000 - 12,200 fee...


Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)

Townsendia aprica is an Utah endemic species. It grows among pinyon-juniper communities on clay or clay-silt exposures of the Cretaceous Mancos Shale i...


Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Last Chance Townsendia (Townsendia aprica)

Townsendia aprica is an Utah endemic species. It grows among pinyon-juniper communities on clay or clay-silt exposures of the Cretaceous Mancos Shale i...


Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)

Townsendia jonesii var. lutea is a Utah Great Basin endemic found in Juab, San Pete, and Sevier Counties. It lives on gypsiferous substrates among salt d...


Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Sigurd Easter Daisy (Townsendia jonesii var. lutea)

Townsendia jonesii var. lutea is a Utah Great Basin endemic found in Juab, San Pete, and Sevier Counties. It lives on gypsiferous substrates among salt d...


Rock Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys lapidicola)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Rock Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys lapidicola)

Rock hymenoxys, Hymenoxys lapidicola, is a compact mat-forming plant, it lights up sandstone rock crevices in ponderosa pine communities with its small y...


Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)

This perennial herb can be found in Polemonium, Trisodium, Festuca, and arenaria comm...


Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Beaver Mountain Groundsel (Packera castoreus)

This perennial herb can be found in Polemonium, Trisodium, Festuca, and arenaria comm...


Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)

Entrada skeletonplant, Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada, is a perennial herb with white or white-pinkish flowers.  It has wiry, branching ...


Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Entrada Skeletonplant (Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada)

Entrada skeletonplant, Lygodesmia grandiflora var. entrada, is a perennial herb with white or white-pinkish flowers.  It has wiry, branching ...


Western Townsend-daisy (Townsendia mensana)

» Plants (Plantae) › Flowering Plants (Anthophyta) › Dicots (Dicotyledoneae) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asterales) › Aster/Sunflowers (Asteraceae) › Western Townsend-daisy (Townsendia mensana)

Townsendia mensana is a member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), endemic to the Uinta Basin region of Utah and a small ...



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