Jan Wingate; Dick Yeatts; Sue Janssen; Lee Janssen
United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, BLM, Browns Canyon National Monument Little Cottonwood Creek upstream ca. 450 ft. from junction with Arkansas R.
38.74362 -106.06613 WGS 84
2329 meters
7641 ft.
At base of S. facing slope on gravelly bench just above drainage bottom with Populus angustifolius, Rhus aromatica ssp. trilobata, Descurainia sophia, Oenothera sp., Achnanatherum hymenoides, Hesperostipa comata; rhizomatous; flowers yellow, scattered locally.
Quaternary terrace deposits derived from surrounding Precambrian granite hills and Tertiary intrusive volcanic rock
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)