United States of America, Colorado, El Paso, Windy Point and Vicinity., Pike-San Isabel National Forest, Pikes Peak, NE facing slope between Sachett Mt. & The Crater.
38.827078 -105.027764
NAD27 13S 0497590E 4297380N
Certainty code: 1
3804 meters
12480 FT
Dense alpine turf community on Boulder strewn slope; dominants include Carex rupestris ssp. drummondiana, Kobresia myosuroides, Acomastylis rossii ssp. turbinata; associates include Selaginella densa, Silene acaulis var. subacaulescens, Androseace chamaejasme ssp. carinata, Bistorta bistortoides, Salix nivalis, Llyodia serotina. Granitic substrate.
Flowers sky blue with white eye; relatvely common.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)