United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway beteween CO Hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade; Permian Cutler Form. NAD27
38.712729 -108.993208
12 0674480E 4286810N
Certainty code: 1
1524 meters
5000 FT ca
In rocky, gritty soil on gently sloping low bench between two forks of drainage in open Pinus edulia-Juniperus osteosperma community with Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Fraxinus anomala, Rhus aromatica, Coleogyne ramosissimum, Gutierrezia sp, Oreocarya flava, L
several plants surrounding a juniper; plants to 1 m tall, just beginning to bloom; leaves glaucous green; flowers yellow
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)