Georeferenced with polygon to geographic center of Emery County with uncertainty radius encompassing county and polygon enclosing county boundaries.
1390 meters
4560 FT
On barren limey shale & siltstone desert pavement mound; associates include Caesalpina repens, Eriogonum bicolor, E. orbiculatum, A. chamaeleucus var. laccoliticus, A. episcopus, Xylorhiza venusta, Allium macropetalum, Polygala subspinosa
Carmel Formation
densely branched woody rounded shrub to 1 ft+ high; old growth twiggy spiny; staminate plant
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)