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Taxon: Corydalis aurea Engelm. ex Gray
Family: FUMARIACEAE

Collector: Stanley Smookler   216   

Date: 06 May 2000

Locality: USA, Colorado, Jefferson County, East side of North Table Mountain in city of Golden, accessed from Easley Rd to Fairmount Trailhead, Jeffco open space. Site is located at he end of unmarked trail on north bank of moderately steep ravine, 2-3 miles NW from the trailhead

39.784  -105.1954 +-1000m.  WGS84

Georeference Remarks: Generic location on the east side of North Table Mountain.

Elevation: 1829 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 6000 FT

Habitat: Dry moderately steep hillside cluttered with latite-rock float. Occasional to scattered.

Description: Up to 1 ft. tall weak-stemmed annual with yellow bilaterally symetrical flowers growing beneath cobbles and boulders.

Phenology: Flower and fruit

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Record Id: 199fd657-9ec6-422b-a735-4de2172e01ef

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Melissa Islam, Head Curator (melissa.islam@botanicgardens.org)

tomas@schweich.com posted 2016-04-13 19:55:14

The coordinates reported for this collection, either (39.779909,-105.225473) or Verbatim Coordinates: 13N 0480692E 4403354N are on the west side of North Table Mountain just above the Quarry Road near the North Table Mountain trailhead. This is inconsistent with the collector's location description indicating the east side of North Table Mountain, using the Fairmont Trailhead on Easley Road. A location in a ravine 2-3 miles northwest of the also seems quite inconsistent with the topography. Not sure what to suggest for better coordinates, perhaps just a generic location on the east side of North Table Mountain, somewhat northwest of the Fairmont Trailhead, something like (39.7840,-105.1954). See also comments on Stanley Smookler Coll. No. 213, made the same day, also on the east side of North Table Mountain.