Romanzoffia thompsonii Marttala

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PLANTS OF OREGON
The Cascade Mountains, Douglas County
Romanzoffia thompsonii Marttala !VM	PARA TYPE
Along F.S. Rd. # 28 ca. 0.5 mi S of junc. with Rd. # 2801 at Copeland Creek Bridge, ca. 0.2 mi
N of junc. with Rd. # 620, T26S R3E Sec. 31 SW 1/4 NW 1/16 SW 1/64 SE 1/256: just NW of
center; site includes about 100' of cliff along road and about 50' above road; note small culvert
near this site; elev. ca. 2200'; ± SW facing, open rock cliff, banks, flat areas at their base and
cliff underhangs, slope 0-ca.l50°, wet from seepage and low volume, seasonal waterfall; often
on bare ground or in grass-forb-moss dominated vegetation. One of the dominant species here
with R. califomica\ both grow in large ± pure stands and often mixed in the wetter places with
no hybridization evident. Leaves slightly succulent; PHOTOS show a gold band in tube/throat
(top of gold band ~ top of calyx) and 5 gold spots in upper throat alternating with and overlap-
ping the lobe bases. Another site ca. 0.2 mi N (3359).
Associates seen 4-27-76 with 3357: Romanzoffia califomica (3358), Saxifraga nuttallii (cf.
3384), S. cf. integrifolia, Mimulus guttatus var. depauperatus, Montia fontana, M. parvifolia,
Rubus ursinus, grasses, Trifolium oliganthum (cf. 3385), Plectritis congesta (cf. 3386), Sedum
spathulifolium, Cystopteris fragilis, Cardamine oligosperma, Microsteris gracilis, Hypericum
perforatum, Nemophila sp., Berberis aquifolium, Tonella tenella, Delphinium sp. Additional
associates seen 6-5-76 with 3357a: Potentilla glandulosa, Acer macrophyllum, Saxifraga cf.
marshallii, Rubus procerus, Marah oreganus, Lomatium sp.
Vernon Marttala & Charles T. Ford 3357	/kl>A
Vemon Marttala & Charles T. Ford 3357a (fruiting material in packet) '
April 27,1976
June 5, 1976
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