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Taxon: Artemisia bigelovii A. Gray
Family: Asteraceae

Collector: Loraine Yeatts   6106   

Date: 2012-09-17

Locality: USA, Utah, Garfield, Escalante R. drainage, along Old Sheffield road 5.5 mi. from junction with hwy 12, 155° SE of true N.

37.73594  -111.44308  NAD27

Verbatim Coordinates: 12 460958E 4176405N

Elevation: 1809 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 5935 ft.

Habitat: Stabilized sand dune community in open Pinus edulis - Juniperus osteosperma pygmy forest; associates include Artemisia filifolia, Epehdra cutleri, Poliomintha incana, Ambrosia acanthacarpa, Dithyrea wislizenii, Chondrosum gracile, Muhlenbergia pungens, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Hymenopappus filifolius; short woody trunk topped by grayish foliage; heads drooping; pistillate and staminate flowers present; very common.

Substrate: Navajo sandstone

Reproductive Condition: flower

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Record Id: 3000fa6a-00f9-4152-b2c9-7ce5491015a5

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Rick Levy, Database Associate (richard.levy@botanicgardens.org)