Valeriana edulis Nutt.

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HERBARIUM (TEX-LL)
Valeriana edulis Nutt, ex Torr. k A. Gray
Det.: F.R, Barrie, 1988
1264 VALERIANA EDULIS Nutt, ex T. & G.
Coll: R. Soreng, R. Spellenberg
10 August 1980
WYOMINGf Sublette Co., Wind River Range,
Little Sheep Mtn., ca. 27 air mi. N of
Pinedale, center of T39N, R109W, W of
Gypsun Creek and USFS Rd. 102.
Elev. 9500 ft. in subalpine park on S
side of Mtn., shade of old growth spruce,
site nearly level, rich loam with large
rocks, ca. 50% vegetative cover, the
dominants: Geranium viscossimum, Agropyron
pseudorepens, Bromus, Helenium hoopesi i,
Thalictrum occidentale, Epilobium
angustifolium, Lupinus argenteus; also
with Poa nervosa, P. pratensis.
Basal clusters of leaves from clumps to
3 dm. broad.
Distribution: NY
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