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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection

(COLO:V)

Taxon: Halogeton glomeratus (Bieberstein) C. A. Meyer
Family: Amaranthaceae

Collector: Loraine Yeatts; Dick Yeatts   6170   

Date: 2013-10-21

Verbatim Date: 21 October 2013

Locality: United States, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; mouth of minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade at end of access road ca. 1.2 mi 290° true from Palisade summit.

38.71293  -108.994996  NAD27

Verbatim Coordinates: 12S 674324E 4286829N; 38.71478, 108.99568

Elevation: 1437 meters Verbatim Elevation: 4716 ft.

Habitat: On and along access road to carpark near GPNA boundary in open Sabina osteosperma community on open flats with Opuntia phaeacantha, Salsola tragus, Seriphidium vaseyanum, Chamaesyce glyptosperma; fleshy spine tipped leaves on tap-rooted annual; few to many stems arising from plant base; flowers white to pinkish, variable in size; locally common in disturbed area but not extending beyond GPNA boundary.; Permian Cutler Form

Associated Species: Sabina osteosperma community on open flats with Opuntia phaeacantha, Salsola tragus, Seriphidium vaseyanum, Chamaesyce glyptosperma

Reproductive Condition: flower

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Record ID: ac52f27c-f8f0-4b59-b2a3-ef7a604c2443

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)

University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)