United States of America, Colorado, Dolores, San Juan NF, Plateau Creek drainage, 0.72 mi. 136ì ESE of true N from NF-rd 514 crossing of Plateau Creek below S boundary of Lone Mesa State Park.
37.67255 -108.45849 27
12S 724151 4172319
2352 meters
7716 ft.
Intermingling with sagebrush, and grasses in openings bounded by sagebrush and shrubs, in light colored fine shaley soil; associates include Astragalus pattersonii, A. missouriensis var. amphibolus, Achnantherum hymenoides, Mahonia repens, Packera mancosana, Townsendia leptotes, Petradoria pumila, Hymenopappus filifolius, Antennaria dimorpha; flowers pinkish in bud, white at anthesis; relatively common.
Astragalus pattersonii; A. missouriensis var. amphibolus; Achnantherum hymenoides; Mahonia repens; Packera mancosana; Townsendia leptotes; Petradoria pumila; Hymenopappus filifolius; Antennaria dimorpha
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)