King's Serpentweed

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. This monocephalous aster, with mostly basal leaves and short, just about 5 cm stem, was embedded into the Machaeranthera key in the Intermountain Flora. Took me a while to figure out its true name, after many hours spent in the University of Utah Herbarium. The phyllaries and the stem under the head are pubescent with short glandular hairs with sand particles glued to it. Date: 7 August 2015, 23:49. Source: 2015.08.07_11.49.06_IMG_0124. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 7 August 2015, 23:46. Source: 2015.08.07_11.46.45_IMG_0123. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between the American Fork Canyon and Alta Dry Canyon, Utah. Date: 30 July 2016, 12:18. Source: 2016.07.30_12.18.25_IMG_7728. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 7 August 2015, 23:49. Source: 2015.08.07_11.49.50_IMG_0125. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 12 August 2015, 07:48. Source: 2015.08.12_07.48.20_IMG_0150. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:59. Source: 2015.08.15_11.59.06_IMG_0164. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between the American Fork Canyon and Alta Dry Canyon, Utah. Date: 30 July 2016, 12:45. Source: 2016.07.30_12.45.58_DSC05453. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:54. Source: 2015.08.15_11.54.28_DSC00075. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 16 August 2015, 12:01. Source: 2015.08.16_12.01.06_IMG_0187. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Pioneer Peak Ridge near Brighton, Utah. Date: 27 August 2016, 12:30. Source: 2016.08.27_12.30.48_DSC05789. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between the American Fork Canyon and Alta Dry Canyon, Utah. Date: 30 July 2016, 12:12. Source: 2016.07.30_12.12.28_IMG_7726. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. This is the third encounter with this interesting aster. Two others: - on the Sunset Peak: (www.flickr.com/photos/zharkikh/19918530783), where it was mostly white and single-headed, and - on the Mount Raymond: (www.flickr.com/photos/zharkikh/6425953377). Unlike the Sunset Peak, this one and one from Mount Raymond have purple tinge and are rather multi-headed. The spreading phyllaries and the upper stem have glandular pubescence. This aster does not exceed 10 cm, with only one or two cauline and many basal leaves. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:54. Source: 2015.08.15_11.54.38_DSC00076. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:54. Source: 2015.08.15_11.54.56_DSC00077. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 7 August 2015, 23:45. Source: 2015.08.07_11.45.35_IMG_0121. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:58. Source: 2015.08.15_11.58.43_IMG_0163. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 12 August 2015, 07:47. Source: 2015.08.12_07.47.18_IMG_0149. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between the American Fork Canyon and Alta Dry Canyon, Utah. Date: 30 July 2016, 12:18. Source: 2016.07.30_12.18.54_IMG_7729. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:55. Source: 2015.08.15_11.55.07_DSC00078. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). North Ridge of Mount White Baldy, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 15 August 2015, 11:55. Source: 2015.08.15_11.55.37_IMG_0162. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Mount Evergreen, Brighton, Utah. Date: 4 September 2016, 12:18. Source: 2016.09.04_12.18.10_DSC05840. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: King's serpentweed (Herrickia kingii syn. Machaeranthera kingii syn. Tonestus kingii var. kingii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Ridge between Sunset Peak and Pioneer Peak, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Date: 7 August 2015, 23:46. Source: 2015.08.07_11.46.09_IMG_0122. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

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