Annotated to Mentzelia multiflora det. BillJennings, 27 October 2009. (Possibly M. speciosa. M. reverchonii is a species of S.E. Colorado Plains. Unknown in mountains.)"
Loraine Yeatts
4170
1998-07-27
Dick Yeatts
United States of America, Colorado, Chaffee, San Luis Valley, along US highway 285, ca. 0.5 miles NE of Saguache
38.092713 -106.125581
13N 0401300E 4216700N
Certainty code: 1
2347 meters
7700 FT
In borrow pit under edge of higheway and fence, with Sarcobatus vermiculatus, Sisybrium altissimum, Penstemon strictus, Asclepias hallii, Elytrigia repens, Festuca sp.; only a few scattered plants locally.
Flowers pale yellow, 10+ petals, filaments all relatively narrow, seeds immature but appear broadly winged
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)