Taxon: Cirsium neomexicanum Gray
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   20946   

Date: 07 May 2006

Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Grand Canyon National Park, East Fork Carbon Creek.

36.172483  -111.835833

Verbatim Coordinates: 36d 10.349m N; 111d 50.15m W

Elevation: 1096 meters (3595ft)

Habitat: Desert scrub-riparian overlooked by rocky w-facing limestone slope

Associated Species: Aristida purpurea, Echinocereus engelmannii, Opuntia basilaris longiareolata, O. phaeacantha, O. polyacantha erinacea, Ephedra, Artemisia ludoviciana, Echinocactus xeranthemoides, Encelia resinifera resinifera, Thymophylla pentachaeta, Pleuraphis jamesii, Stephanomeria pauciflora.

Description: Rare biennial(?) in wash, ca 1-1/3 m high, florets white-cream.

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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)

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