United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, San Isabel National Forest, Browns Canyon National Monument, headwaters of Cottonwood Creek, accessed 0.16 mi. S of junction CR185 and CR 185b; 0.24 mi. WSW 239° of true N from junction of Cottonwood and Little Bull Creeks
38.73789 -105.97871 WGS 84
2838 meters
9310 ft.
Limestone outcrop with vertical walls and ledges at start of canyon with common associates Pinus ponderosa, Pinus edulis, Juniperus scopulorum,Yucca glauca, Aliciella pinnatifida, Heterotheca villosa, Muhlenbergia richardsonis, Cheilanthes feei; forming tight buns in rock crevices; flowers yellow; locally common.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)