Desmanthus cooleyi (Eaton) Trel.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Presidio Co.

• Locality

  along main road in SE part of ranch, 0.2-0.3 mi N of cattle guard at house, ca. 1.0 airmiles N to NNW of jct. US Rt. 67 and US Rt. 90 in downtown Marfa. SE part of Mimms Ranch. Marfa Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 1445 - 1448 m. (4741 - 4751 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.3229, -104.026

• Distribution

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PRESIDIO CO.: stems +/- prostrate; common in grassland
on silty to gravelly soils on very gently rolling landscape
underlain by a mix of Perdiz Conglomerate (a fanglomerate
of variable composition) and Quaternary alluvium, along
main road in SE part of ranch, 0.2-0.3 mi N of cattle guard
at house, ca. 1.0 airmiles N to NNW of jet. US Rt. 67 and
US Rt. 90 in downtown Marfa, at N30°19.377\
W104°01.548\ SE part of Mimms Ranch. Marfa
Quadrangle. Elev. 4740-4750 ft.
Associates included Asclepias brachystephana, Berlandiera lyrata,
Berlandiera lyrata, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua gracilis,
Chamaesyce revoluta, Cirsium ochrocentrum, Condalia ericoides, Croton
pottsii, Dalea neomexicana, Engelmannia peristenia, Evolvulus
n^ttallianiiSj Linum puberulum, Machaeranthera pinnatifida,
Muhlenbergia sp., Nyctaginea capitata, Panicum hallii, Poinsettia davidii,
Solanum elaeagnifolium, Talinum aurantiacum, Tidestromia lanuginosa,
Yucca elata, Zinnia grandiflora.
W. R. Carr	#31246
(with Debbie Benesh)
17 July 2012
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