University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Nuttallia cronquistii (Thompson & Prigge) W. A. Weber
LOASACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
5705
2008-08-29
29 August 2008
Dick Yeatts
United States, Colorado, Mesa, Gateway Palisade Natural Area N of Gateway between CO hwy 141 & Dolores R.; minor drainage E of Mesa Co road 4.2 on W side of the Palisade.
38.718424 -108.990127
12 0674734E 4287448N;
1519 meters
4985 ft
On open S. facing steep slope in barren, fine-grained gritty, purplish soil with Gutierrezia microcephala, Aristida purpurea. Uncommon. Permian Cutler Formation.
Flr & Frt
Orig. ID: Mentzelia marginata. 7.5' Gateway quad. Nad 27. Lvs pustulate both surf.; corolla bright yellow, w/ 5 petals, minutely pubesc. dors. & 5 anther-less petaloid staminodes; several addit. whorls of anther bearing petaloid stamens; seeds narrow wing
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)