United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Above Dolores R. and Co rd. 4.1 on steep NE facing slope 0.2 mi from Dolores R. at UT border, 144° SE of true N
38.7471 -109.05564 NAD27
12S 668975E 4290300N
1378 meters
4520 ft.
In sparsely vegetated gritty soil at angle of repose below maroon rock band; open Pinus edulis - Sabina osteosperma - Fraxinus anomala community; closest associates include Oreocarya flava, Tetraneuris ivesiana, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Lepidium montanum, Asclepias cryptoceras, Hymenopappus filifolius, Aliciella triodon, Chamaesyce fendleri, Physaria acutifolia; multi-stemmed plant with deep green leathery leaves, sprawling under pinyon pine.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)