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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00085838
Occurrence ID:
e51aec26-3795-4fdc-a0ca-6f777b6f99e8
Taxon:
Agave chrysantha
Peebles
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
31422A
Date:
2017-06-20
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Eirini Pajak, Annette McGivney
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Coconino National Forest, southwest lower flanks of Horse Mesa, north of Dry Beaver Creek, just north of Hot Loop Trail.
34.771913 -111.731195 NAD 83/WGS84
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 433092E 3847993N
Elevation:
1373 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4504 ft
Habitat:
Juniperus-Canotia association, south-facing slope.
Substrate:
Basalt over sandstone.
Associated Taxa:
Juniperus, Canotia holacantha, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Opuntia engelmannii (big), Yucca baccata, Opuntia phaeacantha, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Acourtia wrightii, Melampodium leucanthum, Echinocereus engelmannii, Acacia greggii, Parthenium incanum, Rhamnus crocea, Prosopis velutina, Fouquieria splendens, Nolina microcarpa, Cirsium neomexicanum, Bromus rubens, Dalea formosa.
Description:
Occasional, local, single, leaves glaucous gray-green, flower stalk ca 5 m tall, 44 mm in diameter at 1-3/4 m above ground, purple-glaucous, paniculate inflorescence with 16 lateral branches ascending-perpendicular to stalk, down 1/2 of stalk, flowers with ovary light chartreuse, neck light chartreuse, ovary smooth, tube light yellow fused with light chartreuse, tepal lobes yellow, becoming dark yellow distal 1/2, outer tepals with dark brown apices, filament, style cream-light yellow, anthers yellow; tube slightly bulging, tepals clasping filaments, erect; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm: tl=48, o=20x6, n=3, tu=12.5(l)x10(w), fil ins=7.5, fil=30, a=18, outer tepal=13x6.5(base), 5(mid), inner tepal=12.2x6(base), 4.5(mid), sty=38; tl=47, o=22x7, n=3, tu=12(l)x12(w), fil ins=7.5, 7.7, fil=31, a=17, outer tepal=12x7(base), 5.5(mid), inner tepal=11x5(base), 3.5(mid), sty=38.
Notes:
Sheet 1 of 2. Photo.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
e51aec26-3795-4fdc-a0ca-6f777b6f99e8
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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