United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade.
38.712455 -108.992997
12 0674499E 4286780N
Certainty code: 1
1518 meters
4980 FT ca
Permian Cutler Form. Open Sabina osteosperma community; growing on N, facing slope below ridge crest above dry, narrow wash; closest associates include Yucca angustissima, Ephedra torreyana, Hedysarum boreale.
tepals white with maroon blotch above yellow gland; relatively common locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)