United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N. of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage ca. 1mi. E of Mesa Co road 4.2, 1.26 mi. NW 289° of true N. from the Palisade
38.71488 -108.99673 WGS 84
Original location/verbatim coordinates recorded in Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system (UTM). Decimal Latitude and Longitude were calculated and provided by the collector in 2018. However verbatim coordinates were not provided.
1445 meters
4740 ft.
Shady W. facing slope above drainage near mouth of canyon with Juniperus osteosperma, Fraxinus anomala, Artemisia bigelovii, Ericameria nauseosus var. graveolens, Oreocarya cf. flava; mounding rounded shrub densely branched from trunk-like base; stems to 1.5 ft. long; leaves twisted; phyllary tips setose; achenes pubescent; 0.15 mi. upstream from 2010 Yeatts 5954 collection site which has no remaining plants; occasional locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)