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Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium

(DBG:KHD)

Taxon: Houstonia rubra Cav.
Family: Rubiaceae

Collector: Loraine Yeatts   4253   

Date: 1999-06-01

Verbatim Date: 6/1/1999

Locality: United States, Utah, San Juan, E base of Comb Ridge just N of hwy US613.

Verbatim Coordinates: 13 18200E 24500N

Georeference Remarks: Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2017. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to either convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude or to add latitude and longitude when no prior georeference existed.

Elevation: 1402 meters Verbatim Elevation: 4600 ft.

Habitat: Disturbed area near old drill hole on open, flat desert pavement in sandy, gravelly soil covered by thin veneer of flat pebbles; common plants include Coleogyne ramosissima, Epehedra torreyana, Eriogonum corymbosum, Townsendia incana, Heterotheca villosa var. hispida, Oreocarya confertifolia, Plantago patagonica; plants forming tight clumps; flowers white to pink; locally common but resticted to crevices, pocket gardens, and flats.

Substrate: Navajo sandstone

Associated Species: Coleogyne ramosissima, Epehedra torreyana, Eriogonum corymbosum, Townsendia incana, Heterotheca villosa var. hispida, Oreocarya confertifolia, Plantago patagonica;

Reproductive Condition: flower

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Record ID: 5b85a2cb-146f-4d6c-a5e9-dbea2cb7b3e7

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Rick Levy, Database Associate (richard.levy@botanicgardens.org)

Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium (DBG:KHD)