United States, Colorado, Gunnison, Gothic. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. North Pole Basin, above Schofield Park. Head of basin above (southeast of) large tarn.
39.017578 -107.09066 +-100m. WGS 84
meters
119000 ft.
Gravelly outwash moraines with lots of bare soil/rock. Much drier than adjacent swales.
With Caltha and Castilleja rhexiifolia. All plants of small stature on moraine.
Growing in clump with CFW-1475 (Trisetum spicatum). Rhizomatous? ~tall plants (25cm). Somewhat condensed panicle. 2-3 florets/spikelet. Spikelets purple. Glumes < lemmas. Lemmas sparsely pubescent on keel and margins. No cobwebby hairs at base. Ligule ~2-3 mm, rounded.