Taxon: Porophyllum gracile Benth.
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Dawn Goldman   DG-511   

Date: 25 April 2005

Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Tonto National Forest to the south of FSR 1530 south of the spring on a hill almost at the south edge of the calcareous outcropping.

33.978694  -111.72975

Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 58m 43.3s N; 111d 43m 47.1s W

Elevation: 647 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 2123ft.

Habitat: Calcareous soil.

Associated Species: Polygala macradenia, Eriogonum ripleyi, Dodonaea viscosa, Canotia holacantha, Psilostrophe cooperi, Ceanothus greggii, Silene antirrhina, Eriogonum inflatum, Yucca elata, Castilleja exerta, Tiquilia canescens, Simmondsia chinensis, Fouquieria splendens, Baileya multiradiata, Lesquerella cinerea, Achnatherum speciosum, Porophyllum gracile, Acourtia wrightii, Polygala rusbyi, Chamaesyce chaetocalyx var. chaetocalyx, Thymophylla acerosa, Nemacladus glanduliferus, Herniaria hirsuta ssp. cinerea, Galium proliferum, Cryptantha barbigera

Description: Woody perennial shrub; strong smell; stems gray or green; leaves green, linear; fruit present, locally common.

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

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