United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade. Permian Cutler Formation.
38.716188 -108.979269
NAD27 12S 0675688E 4287013N
Certainty code: 1
1779 meters
5835 FT
Below N. facing Wingate cliff of penisula fin extending W from main Palisade ridge, on steep slope littered with boulders, rocks and gravel; on open portion of slope in Pinus edulis / Juniperus osteosperma community with scattered Cercocarpus montanus, Fe
Plants forming small vase shaped clumps of ascending stems; pubescence basifixed; flowers pink-purple; pods strongly laterally compressed, unilocular; very common locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)