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Taxon: Dichelostemma pulchellum (Salisb.) A. Heller
Family: Liliaceae

Collector: Loraine Yeatts   5584   

Date: 2008-03-25

Locality: USA, Arizona, Gila, Sierra Ancha Mts, along Natl Rorest Rd 140 W of Globe-Young AZ Hwy 288, E of Parker Creek, and N of Roosevelt L & dam; Paleozoic Dripping Springs quartzite (NAD27)

Verbatim Coordinates: 7.5' Aztec Peak quad [T5N R13E S24];

Elevation: 1423 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 4670 FT

Habitat: Interface berween semi-desert grassland and AZ Upland subdivision of Sonoran desertscrub with scattered Pinus edulis, Juniperus monosperma, Dasylirion wheeleri, Agave chrysantha, A. toumeyana var. bella; around perimeter of juniper and pinyon trees and in drying muddy depressions in grassy meadow; assocaites include Calandrinia ciliata, Descurainia obtusa var. brevisiliqua, Lomatium nevadense, Erodium cicutarium

Description: Bracts scarious, translucent; corolla blue; just beginning to bloom; uncommon or inconspicuous locally but generally widespread on mesas & open slopes

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Record Id: f5d6973c-cea3-42af-9bae-409a445a136d

Occurrence ID (GUID): f5d6973c-cea3-42af-9bae-409a445a136d

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Rick Levy, Database Associate (richard.levy@botanicgardens.org)