Lappula redowskii var. desertorum (Greene) I.M.Johnst.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Doña Ana Co.

• Locality

  NE of Las Cruces, about 1 mi S of County Road D063; SE foothills of the Dona Ana Mtns; near dirt road that extends W from the stone gate on Jornada Road.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1402 m. (4600 ft.)

• Coordinates

  32.5, -106.75

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Determi nati on :
Lapula redowskii (Horne*.) Breene.
var. desertorum (Breene)
I. H. Johnston
R. Spellenberg 22 Oct 1990
FLORA OF SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO
CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY
88-002 Lappula texana (Scheele) Britt.
Darrell E. Ward
17 March 1988
NE of Las Cruces, about 1 mi S of County
Road D063; small, rhyolite hill in the SE
foothills of the Dona Ana Mountains; near a
dirt road that extends U from the stone gate
on Jornada Road (U center of T21S R 2 E; 106
45* U 32 30' N); annual, up to 10 inches
tall; medium to pale blue corolla, about 3mm
across; tube nearly closed by pale yellow
fornices; very large patch of about 200
plants on SE-facing, unshaded, unbroken rock
around a small, abandoned mine; elevation
4600 ft.
Associated: creosote, Tecoma, Alloysia,
Salvia, Mentzefia, Ocotillo, Dasylirion,
Descura ini a, Pellaea, Opuntia spp.,
Ferocactus wislizenii
stributed from NMSU to: NMC, A/Y^	TX
CYTOLOGICAL VOUCHER
(September 1990 D. Ward)
N = 12.
Camera lucida drawings of Pollen Mother
Cells from plants of this population during
Metaphase I and Diakinesis of meiosis.
Scale:
L
10 microns
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