Erigeron utahensis var. sparsifolius (Eastw.) Cronq.
Asteraceae
Loraine Yeatts
5539
2007-09-04
Dick Yeatts
United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, 7.5' Gateway quad, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway betwenn CO hwy 141 (West Creek) & Dolores R., ca. 1 mile S of northern Natural Area boundary, on W side of Palisade below vertical Wingate Cliff.
38.730024 -108.974841 NAD27
12 0676039E 4288557N
1801 meters
5910ft
On steep banks of minor drainage in gravelly soil, with shrubs in open Sabina osteosperma - Pinus edulis community.
Cutler Formation.
Large tight clumps of multiple stems branched only near the base, rays pale violet, discs yellow, common.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)