Locality:
USA, Colorado, Larimer, RMNP, Horseshoe Park, upper Sheep lake
40.402368 -105.616332
Verbatim Coordinates:
13N 0447700E 4472600N
Georeference Remarks:
Certainty code: 2
Elevation:
2594 meters Verbatim Elevation:
8510 FT
Habitat:
slope: flat; exposure: open; substate: glacial alluvium; meadow with Calamagrostis canadensis, Salix geyeriana, S. monticola
Description:
rhizomatous forming 30' long patch; flowers white
Reproductive Condition:
flower
Notes:
1 1/2 ft tall, erect, herbaceous perennial with leafless flowering stem and basal leaves that are opposite, with bipinnately compound leaves (each leaf with 5 leaflets). Locally scattered to common within a cool shady glen containing aspen, blue spruce,,