United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO Hwy 141 and Dolores River; minor drainage E of Mesa Co Rd 4.2 on W side of the Palisade, Permian Cutler Form. NAD 27
38.712455 -108.992997
12 0674499E 4286780N
Certainty code: 1
1518 meters
4980 FT ca
Open Sabina oesteosperma community; on ridge crest above dry, narrow wash; closest associates include Astragalus flexuosus, Eriogonum wetherillii, Hymenopappus filifolius
Stems to 1.5 ft high forming large spreading clump; flowers bicolored; banner reflexed above midpoint, glabrous; keel ciliolate on margin; 2 plants locally
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)