University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00058297
37298f2d-613e-4eae-8265-46f4b7a69f71
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Cirsium calcareum (Jones) Wooton & Standley
ASTERACEAE
Gerald B. Ownbey
2645
1958-08-20
20 August 1958
Yu-tseng Hsi
United States, Colorado, Montezuma, Northeastern escarpment of the Mesa Verde below and above the road to the summit.
2316 meters
7600 ft, 2316 m
On steep, unstable slopes, gray soil apparently partly of shale.
Flr & Frt
Cirsium calcareum, det. W. A. Weber, 1974. Original ID: Cirsium pulchellum. Perennial, the numerous plants with several stems from the caudex; stems20-36 in. tall in the stoutest plants; corollas pinkish-lavender.
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