Colorado Flora Western Slope, 4th ed. (2012), and IMF.
Williams, Charles F.
2284
2018-07-14
United States, Colorado, Gunnison, Gothic. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. East Maroon Pass. Along stream just below and N of pass on Copper Lake side. Site 3.
39.011374 -106.94414 +-50m. WGS84
3597 meters
11800ft
Meadow along stream below pass. Much wetter and lush, than Site 1.
with Psychrophylla leptosepala and many Castilleja.
Small, clustered plants, ~10cm tall. Flowers pink. Young fruit red. Leaves sessile or short-petiolate, ovate, irregularly denticulate. Fruits pedicellate, pedicels ~10mm. Fruits 4-5cm long. Seeds minutely papillate, 1-1.5mm long, with coma. Petals pink, ~4-5mm long.