United States of America, Colorado, Gunnison, Uncompahgre Wilderness, Big Blue R. trail; ca. 1.6 mi. upstream from Big Blue campground
38.18492 -107.38502 WGS84
2992 meters
9817 ft.
Mesic meadow above pond and below subalpine Picea engelmannii forest; with Danthonia intermedia, Gentianella acuta; stems and ligules anthocyanic; heads nodding; relatively common in patches.
Fill derived from Tertiary San Juan tuff-conglomerate and breccia of quartz latite
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)