Taxon: Polygala rusbyi Greene
Family: Polygalaceae

Collector: Dawn Goldman   DG-454   

Date: 18 April 2005

Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, East facing slope of calcareous hill parallel to FSR 1530.

33.985056  -111.737944

Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 59m 6.2s N; 111d 44m 16.6s

Elevation: 712 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 2339ft.

Habitat: Calcareous hillside.

Associated Species: Purshia x subintegra, Ceanothus greggii, Lesquerella cinerea, Dodonaea viscosa, Juniperus coahuilensis, Allionia incarnata, Melampodium leucanthum, Krameria erecta, Fouquieria splendens, Nolina microcarpa, Opuntia phaeacantha, Yucca elata, Opuntia engelmannii,, Packera neomexicana, Polygala rusbyi, Chamaesyce chaetocalyx var. chaetocalyx, Linum lewisii

Description: Herbaceous perennial, low growing shrub; stems pubescent, gray; leaves elliptical, gray-green, pubescent; flowers purple with a yellow throat; locally common; common on soft and rocky calcareous soils.

Phenology: flowers

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

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