United States of America, Colorado, San Juan, San Juan Mts., Rio Grande Natl Forest, basin SE of Stony Pass, ca 8 air miles ESE of Silverton, headwaters of the Rio Grande, T41N R6W. Flat summit plateau of Sheep Mt, UTM (ca) WGS84
37.783703 -107.521686
13S 0277936E 4184812N WGS84
Certainty code: 1
4048 meters
13280 FT ca
Large expanse of barren, cobbly volcanic rock. Other spp. in vicinity include Claytonia megarhiza, Silene acaulis, Smelowskia calycina, Ligularia soldanella, Papaver kluanense
Flower
Shifting talus proximate to recent snowmelt, Donor: Herbarium, Museum
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)