Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene
Boraginaceae
Loraine Yeatts
4868
2003-05-16
United States of America, New Mexico, Catron, Sawtooth Mts. ca. 14mi NW of Datil, headwaters of Alamacito Cr., large meadow between Monument Rock and butte 8919.
7.5' Madre Mt. quad; . .
2487 meters
8160 FT
Tertiary volcanics. In fine gray soil; dominants include Atriplex canescens, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Chrysothamnus sp., artemesia sp., chondrosum gracile; also with Lithospermum incisum, Corydalis aurea.
plants annual, just beginning to bloom; flowers white; abundant locally.
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