United States of America, Colorado, Clear Creek, Front Range, St. Mary's glacier.
39.83642 -105.64622 NAD 27
Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2017. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to either convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude or to add latitude and longitude when no prior georeference existed.
3353 meters
11000 ft.
Carpeting areas between boulders and filling crevices in rock pavement watered by late snowmelt; with Rorripa curvipes var. alpina, Carex haydeniana.
moraine granite
Rorripa curvipes var. alpina; Mimulus tilingii
flowers averaging 3/stem, > 2cm long, yellow with red dotted throat and closed pallet; common in drainage and abundant locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)