University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00785493
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Cirsium tracyi (Rydberg) Petrak
ASTERACEAE
Dina Clark; Tim Hogan
2002
2003-06-15
15 June 2003
United States, Colorado, Montrose, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Along Deadhorse Trail near the Kneeling Camel Overlook on the North Rim Road. GPS waypoint: AB9.
38.56021 -107.67704 +-100m. WGS84
266748E 4271362N;
The collector-provided coordinates are congruent with the given locality.
2446 meters
8025 ft
Sagebrush shrubland with Psilochenia and Chaenactis douglasii.
Flr & Frt
Pale purple flowers; basal leaves same as stem leaves and persisiting; spines reflexed on phyllaries; leaves bi-colored-upper surface silky hairy but green, underside tomentose; edge of phyllaries ciliate but not erose.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)