Taxon: Abutilon parvulum Gray
Family: Malvaceae

Collector: Dixie Z. Damrel   2777   

Date: 05 November 2004

Locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Agua Fria National Monument, Black Mesa, near the beginning of a west-facing drainage that eventually runs into Arrastre Creek. This area is between an historic wall build of basalt boulders and cobbles (on the north) and a basaltic outcrop full of petroglyphs, mortars, chirt, shards and cross-hatching. There are several drainage pools that host tiny shrimp-like creatures.

34.15263  -112.1282

Verbatim Coordinates: 34d 9.158m N; 112d 7.693m W

Elevation: 991 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 3252ft.

Habitat: Drainage in Semi-Desert Grassland, transitional with Chaparral species.

Associated Species: Abutilon palmeri, A. parvulum, Prosopis velutina, Ericameria laricifolia, Celtis pallida, Bouteloua curtipendula, Quercus turbinella, Pleuraphis mutica, Hilaria belangeri, Acourtia wrightii, Acacia greggii, Sporobolus cryptandrus, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Panicum obtusum, Opuntia engelmannii, Opuntia phaeacantha, Baccharis sarothroides, Viguiera parishii, Evolvulus alsinoides

Description: Perennial to suffrutescent. In fruit. Occasional, growing from beneath boulders.

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

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