University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Vascular Plant Collection (COLO:V)
00171389
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52796
Oreocarya virgata (T. C. Porter) Greene
BORAGINACEAE
J. Ewan
14886
1943-06-27
27 June 1943
United States, Colorado, El Paso, Mt. Hiawatha, above Manitou Springs.
38.8552394 -104.9358672 +-5000m. WGS84
Spec #21072 collected two days previous places the mountain at Englemann Canyon. I plotted the UTM above Manitou Springs and Englemann Canyon at the 7000 ft contour line. I am not sure exactly where the mountain is located so I increased the CV to 5 to
2133 meters
7000 ft, 2133 m
Dwarf plants from steep open sunny gravel slide where the ground water was very limited. Asso. here with scrub oak chaparral on hills above, where taller plants are frequent..
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: J Ryan Allen, Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries) (james.r.allen@colorado.edu)