United States of America, Utah, San Juan, Valley of the Gods, along road ca. 3 mi. E. of UT hwy. 261; 4800 ft.; reddish-brown siltstone & shale desert pavement & sandy flats in lower part of Rico Form.
37.25824 -109.8836 NAD 27
12 S 599000E 4123900N
Decimal latitude and longitude calculated by collector. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude. Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2017.
1477 meters
4845 ft.
Common in sparsely vegetated Coleogyne ramosissimum - Phacelia crenulata comm.; plants straggling up through shrubs & erect to flexuous decumbent-ascending in on relatvely barren flats; flowers white to pink lavender; common associates include Townsendia annua, Lepidium lasiocarpum, Gilia inconspicua, Oenothera albicaulis.
reddish-brown siltstone & shale desert pavement & sandy flats in lower part of Rico Form
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)