United States of America, Colorado, Gunnison, Uncompahgre National Forest, Big Blue R. campground along county road 868.
38.21815 -107.38508 WGS84
2937 meters
9637 ft.
E. edge of expansive mesic meadow at N end of campground and at base of barren talus slope below minor rock cliff; common associates include Festuca richardsonis, Dugaldia hoopesii, Valeriana edulis, Campanula rotundifolia; inconspicuous flowers; locally abundant in narrow zone at base of talus slope.
Fill derived from Tertiary San Juan tuff-conglomerate and breccia of quartz latite.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)