Cymopterus higginsii S.L.Welsh

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Utah

• County/Municipio

  Kane Co.

• Locality

  N of The Rimrocks near unnamed tributary of Coyote Creek ca. 7.57 km SSE of Lower Coyote Spring.

• Township, Range, Section

  42S, 1E, 19

• Elevation

  Alt. 1398 m. (4587 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.1467, -111.834

• Distribution

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03456502
Voucher Specimen For Chromosome Studies
n = 11
Michael D. Windham, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT
PLANTS OF UTAH, U.S.A.
Cvmopterus higqinsii S. Welsh
KANE CO.: N of The Rimrocks near unnamed tributary of Coyote Creek ca. 7.57 km SSE of Lower Coyote Spring. T42S, R1E, Sec.
19. Lat.: 37°08,48,’N Long.: ¡?1*50'02,,W (WGS84 Datum). Elev.
4585 ft.
In clay soil (Tropic Shale) on gentle SE-facing slope with Atriplex,
Erioqonum & Androstephium. Acaulescent perennials; root
crowns subterranean, topped by a short pseudoscape; herbage
(especially petioles) obscurely viscid; involucels dimidiate, the
green bracts fused basally & laterally; petals purple when fresh;
filaments of stamens & often the anthers purplish; pollen white.
M.D. Windham (2620)	11 April 2003
Apiaceae
Garrett Herbarium, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT