Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Kansas

• County/Municipio

  Miami Co.

• Locality

  0.5-1 mi N, 2.5 mi E Jingo. North La Cygne State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Ara. floodplain forest along W side of North Sugar Creek

• Elevation

  Alt. 259 - 290 m. (850 - 951 ft.)

• Coordinates

  38.4209, -94.6539

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF KANSAS, USA
Boraginaceae
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link
Kansas, Miami Co: 0.5-1 mi N, 2.5 mi E Jingo. North La Cygne
State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area. T19S R25E SEC 04 E14 of
SW1/4 & SEC 09 NW1/«. 38.4160-38.4258°N, 94.6549-94.6528°W
(det from online gazetteer). Elevation 850-950 ft.
Disturbed maple-oak forest on moderate to steep, rocky, E-facing
slopes and weedy, successional, hackberry-boxelder-silver maple
floodplain forest along W side of North Sugar Creek. Frequent
limestone outcrops at top of slope.
Scattered to locally abundant along creek.
17 May 2005
Caleb A. Morse 11269 and Vaughn Salisbury
The Ronald L. McGregor Herbarium (KANU)
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS USA
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