United States of America, Colorado, Saguache, Rio Grande N.F., Sangre de Cristo Range, Mt Owen.
38.137399 -105.713081
13N 0437510E 4221300N
Certainty code: 2
4066 meters
13340 FT
Alpine fellfield summit & ridge near summit on steeply tipped slabs with ca. 50% veg. cover; lower member of Sangre de Cristo Form. (red arkose sandstone, conglomerate ss. siltstone & shale; relatively uncommon & restricted to summit ridge
Plants deeply taprooted in rock crevices; flowers white.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)