University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Erysimum capitatum (Douglas) Greene
BRASSICACEAE
M.L. Mattoon
44
1952-07-06
6 July 1952
United States, Colorado, Ouray, 2 mi up Poughkeepsie Gulch road, 4 mi out of Ouray on Million-dollar Hwy.
37.96575 -107.62535 +-1000m. WGS84
Two miles up Poughkeepsie Gulch road lands the point at the 10,000 ft contour line. There are multiple collections from the same date listing an elevation of 9800 and 10200 ft. I adjusted this point up the road to fall along the 10,200 ft contour line. RA
3109 meters
10200 ft, 3109 m
Flr & Frt
Erysimum nivale (Greene) Rydb. Rather tall. Low, rose-purple flowered form = E. amoenum (Greene) Rydb., det. G.R. Rossbach, 1955. / Erysimum capitatum (Dougl.) Greene ssp. capitatum: violet high altitude form, det. R. Price, 1989. Original ID as Erysimum "Wheeleri" Rothr.
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