Asclepias brachystephana Engelm. ex Torr.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Sierra Co.

• Locality

  White Sands Missile Range, ca 55 air km E of Truth or Consequences, W side of San Andres Mts, Range Road 5 1 mi N of Wood Ranch

• Elevation

  Alt. 1840 m. (6037 ft.)

• Coordinates

  33.2806, -106.681

• 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

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17 ASCLEPIAS BRACHYSTEPHANA Engels.
Coll: R. Spellenberg, H. Hahrt
29 Jun 1990
NEW MEXICO, Sierra Co.,
White Sands Hissile Range, ca. 55 air ka E of Truth
or Consequences, H side of San Andres Hts., Range
Road 5 L si. N of Wood Ranch, NE 1/4 Sec. 11, R3E,
Ti2S, elev. 1840 s. DMC/UTH 357700/3685275.
In rolling rocky terrain, with liay, red soil. Hith
Yucca, Nolina, Juniperus, Opuntia, perennial grasses.
Sepals and petals pink-iaroon; petals with green
tinge inside; hoods and bors whitish with purple
tinge; gynostegiua tannish-gray, pale at tip; pod
green, ribs whitish.
Distributed froa NNC to: NHC, NY, IS
Long ters land condition trend analysis -
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, US Aray
Corps of Engineers
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Asclepias brafhystephana
Engelm. ex Torr.
Det. by James P. Therrien April, 1998
R. L. McGregor Herbarium	KANU
University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS
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