USA, New Mexico, Lincoln, 54km WSW of Roswell, 1.5km east of Border Hill between Twin Butte and Monuments Canyons
33.2 -105.06
1580 meters
5180ft
Chihuahuan desert scrub on rocky limestone ridges
with Acacia greggii, Aloysia wrightii, Aristida purpurea, Berberis haematocarpa, Bouteloua curtipendula, B. eriopoda, B. gracilis, B. hirsuta, Chaetopappa ericoides, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, C. pottsii, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Dalea formosa, Eragrostis erosa, Erioneuron pilosum, Dasyochloa pulchella, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Leptochloa dubia, Mimosa biuncifera, Muhlenbergia arenicola, M. setifolia, M. torreyi, Nolina texana, Opuntia engelmannii, O. phaeacantha, Panicum hallii, Parthenium incanum, Rhus trilobata, R. microphylla, Tridens mutica, Yucca baccata, and Y. glauca.
Pollen-fertile individual; early flower bud photographed 23 March 2009 from individual transplanted to outside gardens, Chino Valley, Arizona; bud collected during mid-meiosis of microgametogensis 13 April 2013 at 13:15 hrs, n = 22; flowers photographed and collected (3) 24 April 2013; stems collected and pressed 2 June 2013, no fruits developing
Early flower bud photographed 23 March 2009 from individual transplanted to outside gardens, Chino Valley, Arizona.