Juniperus osteosperma(Torr.) Little

Utah Juniper

WFO wfo-0000355681 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Henrik Kibak
fig. a Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-18 / obs. 200369592
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. b Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197986805
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. c Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182023840
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. d Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182930584
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. e Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178759028
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. f Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178759480
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Caleb Catto
fig. g Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172768304
Juniperus osteosperma, photographed by Caleb Catto
fig. h Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170933974

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Juniperus californica subsp. osteosperma (Torr.) A.E.Murray
  • Juniperus californica var. osteosperma (Torr.) L.D.Benson
  • Juniperus californica var. utahense Vasey
  • Juniperus californica var. utahensis Engelm.
  • Juniperus cosnino Lemmon
  • Juniperus knightii A.Nelson
  • Juniperus megalocarpa Sudw.
  • Juniperus monosperma var. knightii (A.Nelson) Lemmon
  • Juniperus occidentalis var. utahensis (Engelm.) A.H.Kent
  • Juniperus tetragona var. osteosperma Torr.
  • Juniperus utahensis (Engelm.) Lemmon
  • Juniperus utahensis var. cosnino Lemmon
  • Juniperus utahensis var. megalocarpa (Sudw.) Sarg.
  • Sabina knightii (A.Nelson) Rydb.
  • Sabina megalocarpa (Sudw.) Cockerell
  • Sabina osteosperma (Torr.) Antoine
  • Sabina utahensis (Engelm.) Rydb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.