United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, San Isabel National Forest, Browns Canyon National Monument, Bassam Spring ca. 0.5 mi. S of Little Cotton Wood Cr. and CR 185d
38.7588 -105.96495 WGS 84
2877 meters
9439 ft.
In roadside clay adjacent to spring with Pascopyrum smithii, Virgulaster ascendens; rhizomatous, just beginning to bloom; flowers pale yellow with 5 petals and 5 staminodes (without anthers); 1 plant locally.
Pennsylvanian Chaffee Formation Belden shale near Mississipian dolomite contact
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)