Yamamoto 1290
These photos don’t capture how vibrant the tepal color is — from far away I thought it was E. rosense.
Surveyed 1/2 mile above and below pedestrian bridge on North side of highway and found one Phacelia cloudcroftensis. No clear reason for population decline.
Maybe? Leaves resembling some of those in this reproductive observation (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206850399) and species known from collections in the area.
MDP 900. Pleurocarpous. On vertical and overhanging sod banks of creek 0-6 in above the water. Full to partial shade. Moss in splash zone and fully hydrated when collected.
MDP 510. Growing out of algal matt in slow-flowing inlet at east end of Hidden Lake. Locally abundant-dominant.
On gravelly clay on hill at north edge of Travertine Hot Springs area, Bodie Hills, Mono County, California, elev. 6680 feet.
Masses stranded after day of strong onshore winds
mountain rocktansy, Sphaeromeria cana, California, White Mountains, Cottonwood Basin, Granite Meadow, Fishlake Valley drainage, elevation 3025 m (9925 ft).
Another rock outcrop species found with the Jamesia posted earlier, this species is endemic to the Great Basin mountains of Nevada and adjacent southeast Oregon and eastern California, including the southern Sierra Nevada and northern Mojave Desert, up to about 3600 meters (12000 feet) elevation. The species is a calcifuge, liking granite crevices best, but found on other rock types as long as they have no significant carbonate content.
In 1984 I had to backpack to some pretty remote granite outcrops to document this species in the White Mountains for the first time, and thought I had some unnamed sagebrush species until Mary Dedecker set me straight. It has since proven to be fairly frequent in the White Mountains, but is a late-flowering species, and when not in flower it looks exactly like sagebrush from a short distance, so had gone unnoticed here for a century.
The similarity to sagebrush is no accident, as recent DNA studies have shown that the 9 species of Sphaeromeria originated from within Artemisia. For those who want to lump an ever bigger Artemisia, the name Artemisia albicans is available for this species.
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yellow petals, gold disc. 18" tall. leaves rough to the touch. stems finely hairy.
possibly... I thought florets/lemmas were awned initially but upon close inspection of photos they appear to just be sharply pointed.
May be outside plot, but vegetative plant of same species in plot: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179726212
Appears to be the same species as plants seen one day earlier and a few miles east which were tentatively keyed to P. parvulus from photos.
Steep, crumbling hillslope along US550 consisting of sedimentary, gypsum-rich bedrock in various degrees of weathering. Some unique plants and quite a few mat or rosette forming.
@aspidoscelis small, accessible population along 550
Small decaying log. Heavy rain destroyed the Stemonitis before I could collect it for microscopy to determine species.
Rusby primrose was flowering abundantly during a drought year in the Magdalena Mountains at upper elevations in the understory of Doug fir and limber pine. This site lies along the trail just below and to the north of the summit of South Baldy, Magdalena Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico.
Paronychia wilkinsonii, west base of the Guadalupe Mountains 2.5 miles south of the Chaves County line, 32.4786 -105.1421, Otero County, New Mexico, 2 Sep 2013.
Anulocaulis leiosolenus var. howardii, western base of the Guadalupe Mountain near Pup Canyon, 32.377 -105.072, Otero County, New Mexico, 20 Aug 2013.
Mentzelia humilis var. guadalupensis, west base of the Guadalupe Mountains 1.5 miles south of the Chaves County line, 32.4936 -105.1399, Otero County, New Mexico, 1 Sep 2013.
having trouble differentiating Sabulina, Eremogone, and Cherleria
Eriogonum lachnogynum colobum, west side of the Rio Grande Canyon, east-southeast of Tres Orejas and west of Taos, 36.38736 -105.72603, Taos County, New Mexico, 3 Sep 2021.
Only known population in the United States. Map location is approximate. Permission must be obtained to access this private land.
Or Potentilla amicarum if recognized.
Pretty sure on this id, There aren't many records of this species.
Exposed ridgeline east of Bald Mountain summit. Growing among rocks and crevices, multiple individuals, but all found within 20' or so of each other. This one has got me stumped.
Poison Canyon stickseed, Hackelia brevicula, California, White Mountains, Cottonwood Basin, Poison Creek, Fishlake Valley drainage, elevation 2960 m (9710 ft).
This rare species is endemic to the White Mountains, almost entirely in Mono County, California, but getting into the northeast edge of Inyo County, California, and possibly the west edge of Esmeralda County, Nevada. Within this very limited geographic range, it is further confined to a zone mainly of higher montane and subalpine elevations between 2650 and 3150 meters (8700-10300 feet). Within this zone, however, it is locally common in mountain sagebrush, aspen woodland, riparian edges, and other habitats. Quite frankly it's hard to understand how it can be so rare, with its barbed, easily detached seeds that I pick out of my clothing whenever I hike through the area. (Maybe I should stop picking them out? ;-).
The common name, Poison Canyon stickseed, comes from the canyon where this image was taken. The type specimen was collected here (and later named) by Willis Lynn Jepson in 1917.
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wavyleaf paintbrush, Castilleja applegatei subsp. pallida, California, White Mountains, Coldwater Spring, Deep Springs Valley watershed, elevation 3060 m (10040 ft).
mountain bitterbrush, Purshia tridentata, unnamed high-elevation variant, White Mountains, elevation 3215 m (10545 ft).
This bitterbrush form is found at higher elevations in (at least) the southwestern portion of the species range, has often been called Purshia glandulosa, and has been a source of confusion between the two species. This form seems to intergrade only with Purshia tridentata, with which it shares flat and relatively thin (though mostly smaller) primary leaves with only narrowly inrolled margins. It gets confused with P. glandulosa because of its tendency toward primary leaves glabrous above with margins often ciliate-glandular, and glands more frequent on the hypanthia and peduncles, as seen clearly on this plant.
Purshia glandulosa, on the other hand, appears to be a completely distinct species centered around the Mojave Desert, and characterized by primary leaves strongly thickened and inrolled most of their width, and with upper leaf surfaces always glabrous and glutinous. It appears to flower later where it grows in proximity to P. tridentata, and intermediates have not been found so far.
Field observations are ongoing to determine whether mountain bitterbrush warrants a formal scientific name as a variety of Purshia tridentata.
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fremontii or bicolor. Growing on coarse volcanic rubble.
In the White Mountains Wilderness in a rocky area under pines, just above 11,000 feet