United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO 141 & Dolores R; minor drainage ca. 1 mi E of Mesa Co Rd 4.2 on W side of the Palisade; Permian Cutler Form. (NAD27)
38.709565 -108.990019
12 0674765E 4286465N
Certainty code: 1
1494 meters
4900 FT ca
In narrow low-walled canyon bounded by steep gravelly slopes with Fraxinus anomala, Penstemon moffatii, Aliciella haydenii, Physaria acutifolia, Gallardia pinnatifida; Hymenopappus filifolius var. megacephalus, Castilleja scabrida, Astragallus nuttallianu
Large clumps; banner violet-purple with white center, wings purple; occasional
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)