University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
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Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson
BORAGINACEAE
Geo. W. Kelly
1647
1949-06-01
01 June 1949
United States, Colorado, Montrose, Entrance to Uncompahgre National Forest, 6 mi. above Taylor Ranch.
38.45868 -108.1522 +-25000m. WGS84
I could not find an old Taylor Ranch in this county (with such a typical name), so I placed the point at the given elevation on the Uncompahgre Plateau near a National Forest entrance, and uncertainty covers a broad swath of this contour in the county. MS
2438 meters
8000 ft, 2438 m
Open meadow.
Flr
= Mertensia brevistyla S. Watson, det. W. A. Weber, July 26, 1995. Originally identified as Mertensia fusiformis.
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