United States of America, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R., minor drainage ca. 1 mi. E of Mesa CO road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade. Permian cutler Form.
38.714838 -108.994568
NAD27 12S 0674361E 4286834N
Certainty code: 1
1454 meters
4770 FT
Under Juniperus osteosperma on gritty, sandy slope above drainage floodplain with Penstemon utahensis, Gutierrezia sp., Cryptantha pterocarya, Boechera selbyi, B. pulchra, Anisantha tectorum, Vulpia octoflora, Ellisia nyctalea. Permian Cutler Form.
Plants short rhizomatous and small clumps; occasional locally.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)