Primary collector
W.L.Pearce
Collection number
WLP 1-168
Duplicate locations
Unicate, to RENO.
Date collected
Country of origin
U.S.A.
Primary Subdivision
Utah
Secondary subdivision
Sanpete County
Specific locality
Wasatch Plateau. Slopes just east of North Tent Mountain's top ridge.
Longitude (DD)
-111.3716
Latitude (DD)
39.40241818
Elevation (m)
3405
Habitat
Growing out of extremely cracked, dry clay soils on an east-facing slope just above melting snowbanks. With Cirsium and Ranunculus.
Description
Low, acaulescent plants. Locally abundant. Beautiful dark involucral bracts.
Funding organization
Collected as part of the Intermountain Botanical Foray, funded by NSF and organized by the Intermountain Herbarium.
Voucher image
Photos posted on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232371630.
Group
Rothfels
User
crothfels