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Asclepias welshii N. & P. Holmgren
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| Barcode - Catalog Number | 9384 |
| Scientific name | Asclepias welshii N. & P. Holmgren
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| SciName | Asclepias welshii N. & P. Holmgren
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| Genus | Asclepias
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| Specific Epithet | welshii |
| Taxon Rank | Species |
| Scientific Name Authorship | N. & P. Holmgren
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| Family | Asclepiadaceae
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| Country | U.S.A.
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| State | Utah
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| County | Kane
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| Locality | Ner north end of Coral Pink Sand Duens, 10.6 km (6.6 mi) southwest of U.S. Highway 89, along road past Ponderosa Grove Campground. |
| Verbatim Coordinates | T43S, R7W, S8. |
| Verbatim Elevation | 1900 m (6200 ft) |
| Habitat | Locally common on sand dune. |
| Associated Taxa | Wyethia, sagebrush, juniper. |
| Attributes | Stems erect or ascending horizontal to vertical; underground root, few to several in a cluster; leaves densely woollly pubescent at first becoming glabrous, especially beneath; umbel so tight corolla lobes cannot become truly reflexed; sepals curved upward through clefts in the corolla lobes, green; corolla cream with a rose tinge in the middle; column pale green; hoods cream; horns attached at the base and tightly curved over the stigma head; anther wings broadly angles, cream; anther sacs violet tinged. Visited by moths bees, and wasps. |
| Event Date | 20 Jun 1978 |
| Primary Collector | Noel Herman Holmgren
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| Collector Number | 9009 |
| Associated Collectors | Patricia Kern Holmgren
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| Institution Code | RENO
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| Other Catalog Numbers | NESH 58689 |
| Type Status Category | Isotype |
| Type Status W Basionym | Asclepias welshii N. & P. Holmgren, Brittonia 31: 110. 1979 |
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