University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson
BORAGINACEAE
Loraine Yeatts
3729
1995-07-12
12 July 1995
United States, Colorado, Dolores, San Juan Mts., Kilpacker Creek trail to El Diente Peak.
37.8214622 -108.0301127 +-100m. WGS84
61470E 89960N;
I plotted given UTMs and can find no reason to suspect they were inaccurate. No sections were plotted in this area.
3526 meters
11570 ft, 3526 m
Lush subalpine meadow on gentle slope with Draba spectabilis, Pseudocymopterus montanus, Allium geyeri, Ranunculus alisimifolius, Veratrum tenuipetalum; abundant and widespread.
Flr
= Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson, det. W. A. Weber, February 2, 1996. 7.5' Dolores Peak quad; flowers blue. Originally identified as Mertensia fusiformis. Substrate of undivided Cutler & Rico formations.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)