Eastern Mojave Vegetation Voucher of Coll. No. 2252, Balsanorhiza sagittata  
 

 

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Photographed 16 November 2020.

Plants of Jefferson County Open Space
Jefferson County, Colorado
Asteraceae

Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.  Arrow-Leaf Balsamroot.

Tin Cup Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Lower slopes of Tin Cup Ridge, the northward extension of Dinosaur Ridge into Golden, a hogback at the base of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, 6.63 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.7134°N, 105.2044°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1898 m. About 24 plants here, about half of which are in bloom. Another colony of 60-100 plants a little higher on the hogback. Usually described as a western slope plant. Perhaps planted here. Regardless, it is naturalized and spreading, if not native.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2020, issued: Apr 13, 2020, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 2252. 30-Apr-2020

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