Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A.Gray

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Presidio Co.

• City/Township

  Marfa

• Locality

  hilltop crossed by major E-W ranch road on S side of a permanent E-W fenceline, near E edge of basalt hills on Mimms Ranch, ca. 1.1 airmiles NW of gate at N end of Austin St.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1460 m. (4790 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.328, -104.04

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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FLORA OF TEXAS
Plants of the Mimms Ranch, Dixon Water Foundation
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Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & Gray
ASTERACEAE
PRESIDIO CO.: perennial forming low rounded clumps;
rays white; occasional in grassland on rolling landscape
underlain by Petan Basalt, on gravelly hilltop crossed by
major E-W ranch road on S side of a permanent E-W
fenceline, near E edge of basalt hills on Mimms Ranch, ca.
1.1 airmiles NW of gate at N end of Austin St. in Marfa, at
N30°19'40.8”, W104°02*25jr. Elev. 4790 ft.
Associates included Allium perdulce var. sperryi, Astragalus wootonii,
Bouteloua gracilis, Chaetopappa ericoides, Cryptantha pusilla, Gaillardia
pinnatifida, Linum sp., Machaeranthera tanacetifolia, Nama hispidum,
Oenothera albicaulis, Penstemon fendleri, Physaria fendleri, Plantago
patagónica, Psilostrophe tagetoides, Tetraneuris scaposa.
W. R. Carr
#34656
16 April 2015
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