University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00964320
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Machaeranthera grindelioides (Nuttall) Shinners
ASTERACEAE
Loraine Yeatts; Dick Yeatts
5745
2009-05-21
21 May 2009
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; BLM WSA ca 1 mi. E of Mesa Co road 4.2 & ca. 1 mi W of natural area boundary near N. end.
38.738635 -108.994312
12S 674321E 4289683N;
1550 meters
5085 ft
On broad alluvial fan like ridge between drainages in rubbly soil; with dominant Coleogyne ramosissimum and a few scattered Pinus edulis, Juniperus osteosperma, Ephedra toerreyana, E. viridis; scattered on ridge rim and slope leading to drainage below. Permian Cutler Form.
Flr
many massive caudices from heavy massive deeply buried root...; Flowers yellow, discoid; 7.5' Gateway quad, NAD27.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)