United States of America, Colorado, Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park; Wild Basin; shore of Chickadee Lake.
40.198222 -105.629107 +-10000m.
13N 0446455E 4449948N
Certainty code: 6
Growing unshaded; roots in under-water soil.
Collected by E.H. Brunquist; identified by Jos. Ewan, who reported this the second finding in Colorado; a third finding was made in the state within a month.
Flower
Buckbean; Bog Bean, Bog Myrtle, Marsh trefoil. This is the ony species of the genus. Rydberg, Flora of the Prairies and Plains..." (1932) includes one other genus
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)