Pyrrocoma insecticruris (L.F.Hend.) A.Heller

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Idaho

• County/Municipio

  Blaine Co.

• Locality

  Sagebrush foothills of Smoky Mts., Democrat Gulch, ca. 4 air-mi WNW of Hailey. Stringer of 1,000s of plants concentrated in dry meadow of weak drainage on roadside, below stark rode outcrop to E, and mostly at 30X60m saddle summit where rd aids.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2037 m. (6683 ft.)

• Coordinates

  43.536, -114.396

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degree (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HERBARIUM (RM)
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
Pyrrocoma insecticruris Heller
DET. BY GREGORY K. BROWN	DATE	2002
FLORA OF IDAHO, U.S.A.
Haplopappus insecticruris L. F. Henderson
BLAINE COUNTY: T02N R17E S02 SENESW. Sagebrush foothills of Smoky
Mts., Democrat Gulch, ca. 4 air-mi WNW of Hailey. Stringer of 1,000's of plants
concentrated in dry meadow of weak drainage on roadside, below stark rode
outcrop to E, and mostly at 30X60m saddle summit where rd aids, feeling into
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana sideslopes. W/ Sitanion hystrix, Lupinus sericeus,
Stipa nelsonii, Madia, Epilobium, Bromus japonicus, Artemisia ludoviciana,
Elymus cinereus, Polygonum, Koeleria, Poa. Area heavily grazed. Rays bright
yellow, conspicuous, 13mm longX2mm wide to 10mm long X 2.5mm wide, 20-
35/head; heads mostly 3-5/stem, stems 5-26/plant, strongly decurved at base to
mostly erect-ascending; plants 17-70cm tall. Achenes hairy. This specimen
represents “short-pedicellate to sub-sessile headed plants”, see colls.
7752A,B,C,E. Same site as Popovich 4015, 6210. Plants in 1995 much more
abundant and robust than in past years.
Elev: 2037m Slope: 0-30% Aspect: SW Ownership: Federal-BLM
Soil: very compacted; texture-SL; pH-6.0; OM-18%; N03N/P/K/ppm-18/29/1140;
EC-0.7; lime-low.
Collector:
S. Popovich 7752D
24 AUG 1995
03120635