United States of America, Utah, San Juan, E base of Comb Ridge just N of hwy US613. Navajo sandstone substrate
7.5' Bluff quad;
1402 meters
4600 FT
Disturbed area near old drill hole in open, flat desert pavement in sandy, gravelly soil covered by thin veneer of flat pebbles. Common plants include Coleogyne ramosissima, Ephedra torreyana, Eriogonum corymbosum, Townsendia incana, Heterotheca villosa var. hispida, Oreocarya confertiflora, Plantago patagonica, Machaeranthera grindelioides. Occasional locally but widespread
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)