Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins
Boraginaceae
Loraine Yeatts
6518
2016-07-20
7/20/2016
Janet Wingate; Frank Morrey; Grace Rodriguez
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.
S facing rubbly 70% vegetated slope between limestone cliff and drainage; associates include dominant Rosa woodsii and Artemisia frigida, Macheranthera bigelovii, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Chondrosum gracile, Hesperostipa comata, Potentilla pensylvanica; annual; flowers blue, tiny; occasional.
Ordovician Fremont dolomite
Rosa woodsii and Artemisia frigida; Macheranthera bigelovii; Krascheninnikovia lanata; Chondrosum gracile; Hesperostipa comata; Potentilla pensylvanica
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)