Taxon: Cirsium mohavense (Greene) Petrak
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   21178   

Date: 17 May 2006

Locality: USA, Arizona, Mohave County, Grand Canyon, Hualapai Indian Reservation, Three Springs Canyon, Transect T1A, 12S 291816 E, 3973700 N, NAD 83.

35.88545  -113.30635  NAD 83

Verbatim Coordinates: 35d 53.127m N; 113d 18.381m W; UTM: 397370029181612S

Elevation: 448 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 1471ft.

Habitat: Desert scrub/riparian

Associated Species: Pluchea sericea, cirsium cf mohavense, Isocoma acradenia, Centaurium calycosum, Pseudognaphalium, Encelia farinosa, Tamarix ramosissima, Mammillaria grahamii, Aristida arizonica, A. purpurea, Polypogon interruptus, P. monspeliensis, Andropogon glomeratus, Mimulus cardinalis, Salix exigua, Phragmites australis, Hedeoma nana, Lactuca serriola, Juncus bufonius, Prosopis glandulosa, Acacia greggii, Porophyllum gracile, Camissonia walkeri.

Description: Common herbaceous perennial in, near and away from water, to 2-1/2 m tall, leaves glaucous, bright green, leathery, large.

Notes: sheet 4 of 4.

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

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