University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00143867
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182500
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Sprengel) Kuntze
ASTERACEAE
Hugh H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis
19276
1961-08-28
28 August 1961
United States, Colorado, Yuma, Bluffs along and S of Black Wolf Creek, ca. 1 mi S of Highway 385/51 crossing, ca. 14 mi. S. of Wray.
39.89165 -102.22387 +-2000m. WGS84
HWY 385 and 51 are now just HWY 385. The Creek runs roughly east west where it crosses HWY 385. I placed the point east of the HWY along the bluffs above Black Wolf Creek along the 3,600 ft contour line and increased the uncertainty to cover the area 1 mi
1097 meters
3600 ft, 1097 m
Bare gravelly soil and soft rock outcrops on calcareous caprock, bluffs. W/ semidesert vegetation: Eriogonum, Paronychia, Arenaria, Bouteloua curtipendula & sp., Yucca, Mentzelia, etc....
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)