United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, Browns Canyon National Monument, Arkansas R. drainage, Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, along old stage route on mesatop S of Little Cottonwood Creek
38.74333 -106.06582 WGS 84
2325 meters
7627 ft.
Open meadow; on old roadbed in dry, gravelly soil with Chondrosum gracile, Hesperostipa comata, Achnantherum robustum, Artemisia frigida, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Hymenopappus filifolius var. cinereus, Artemisia campestris var. pacificus; flowers ligulate, pink, pappus plumose to within 2mm of base; a few plants locally.
Quaternary terrace deposits derived from surrounding Precambrian granite hills and Tertiary intrusive volcanic rock
Chondrosum gracile; Hesperostipa comata; Achnantherum robustum; Artemsia frigida; Krascheninnikovia lanata; Hymenopappus filifolius var. cinereus; Artemisia campestris var. pacificus
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)