University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
01819341
3e8ba217-830f-4216-8d66-0a6573b034bf
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Townsendia leptotes (A. Gray) Osterhout
ASTERACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
5734
2009-04-26
26 April 2009
Al & Betty Schneider; Dick Yeatts
United States, Colorado, Dolores, Lone Mesa State Park along San Juan NF rd 514 ca. 0.3 mi W of Plateau Cr., 0.15 mi N of S enterance to Park.
37.68402 -108.47205 +-100m. WGS84
37.68402 N, 108.47205 W; 12S 0722314E4173556W;
The collector-provided coordinate is congruent with the general given locality area. Georeferenced November 2019
2313 meters
7588 ft
Almost flat area on barren desert pavement of broken calcareous chips, clayey soil and rock crevices; ca. 50% vegetated with Artemisia nova, Helianthella microcephela, Orthocarpus sp., Packera mancosana, grasses and other spp. Just beginning growth; growing in open areas and in dense mats of Packera mancosana; abundant and widespread. Fine clay and rocks of highly calcareous Mancos Shale;
Flr
NAD 27; 7.5' Willow Spring quad. taprooted plants smothered with flowers; phyllaries in 5+ rows; rays white, disc yellow; disc pappus>>ray pappus;
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)