Cirsium wheeleri (A.Gray) Petr.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Otero Co.

• Locality

  Sacramento Mts. 1.5 mi. S of High Rolls in Carr Canyon, W-facing seep on bank.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2134 m. (7001 ft.)

• Coordinates

  32.9292, -105.836

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  4260

• Georeferencing Method

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• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HERBARIUM

Asteraceae

Cirsium wrightiiGray
Det: R. Sivinski, 2011

AST

7882 CIRSIUM v€i<irtTt I
Coll: Richard Spellenberg, Darrell Ward
23 Sept. 1984

NEW MEXICO» OTERO CO.» Sacramento Mts. 1.5 mi. S
of High Rolls in Carr Canyon, W-facing seep on
bank, with piny on, juniper, ponderosa pine,

Juncus, Solidago canadensis, Helenium hoopsei.
elev. ca. 7000 -ft.

Plants to 3 m. tall; stems fistulose; leaf bases
strongly decurrent, -forming wings -from one node to
the one below; up to about 14 leaves on the stem
below the in-florescence, the leaves longer than
the internodes; in-florescence forming the upper
1/2 o-f plant, to 3/4 m wide, branched at 30 - 40
degrees; -flowers white; plants biennial, rosettes
common, this years plants obviously senescent.
(Specimen consist of rosette leaf, cauline leaf,
and branch from inflorescence.)

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Distributed from NMC to: NMC, NY, UC

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