Record Number Database Code Specimen ID Project Herbarium Accession Number Barcode NPS Accession NPS Catalog Family Genus 1 Specific Epithet 1 Specific Author 1 Infraspecific Rank 1 Infraspecific Epithet 1 Infraspecific Author 1 Name 1 Qualifier Name 1 Qualifier Position Hybrid Symbol Genus 2 Specific Epithet 2 Specific Author 2 Infraspecific Rank 2 Infraspecific Epithet 2 Infraspecific Author 2 Name 2 Qualifier Name 2 Qualifier Position Conservation Status Annotations Site Key Collector Collector Number Other Collectors Day Collected Month Collected Year Collected Verbatim Collection Date Country State County Locality Site Description Minimum Elevation Maximum Elevation Elevation Unit LatitudeLongitude UTM TRS Decimal Latitude Decimal Longitude Geodetic Datum Coordinate Uncertainty Coordinate Uncertainty Unit Elevation Georeferenced TRS Georeferenced Georeference Sources Georeference Remarks Georeferenced By Specimen Notes Other Notes Phenology Cultivated Images Type Specimen? TypeDetails 1 RM 10544 Taylor, Amy 1997 RM 665403 RM0324803 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-620 B. E. Nelson 40798 23 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: southeast end of Chalk Mountain, ca 33.5 air mi NNE of Medicine Bow; ca 36.5 air mi SSW of Casper. Just below north-facing rim. 7900 7960 ft. 42.3541° N, 106.4619° W T28N R80W S31 SW1/4 42.3541 -106.4619 Flowering N RM0324803 N 2 RM 11158 Taylor, Amy 1997 RM 665402 RM0324805 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-127 Ronald L. Hartman 56724 Amy J. Roderick 30 5 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: Lone Tree Road (BLM 3141) N of Wyo Hwy 487 adjacent to Shirley Ridge, ca 8 air mi NW of Shirley Basin Townsite. Sagebrush grassland with barren calcareous outcrops. 7220 7300 ft. 42.3975° N, 106.2866° W T28N R79W S15 N1/2 42.3975 -106.2866 Flowering N RM0324805 N 3 RM 11218 Taylor, Amy 1997 RM 665401 RM0324806 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-635 Ronald L. Hartman 56784 Amy J. Roderick 30 5 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon [location and coordinates withheld] Barren calcareous areas with cushion plants below, robust sagebrush on east slope, and sparse vegetation on west slope. 7400 7600 ft. Flowering N RM0324806 N 4 RM 188611 Welp 1995 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. 1. Mertensia humilis Rydb.
Annotated by Laura Welp. RM-46 B. E. Nelson 35715 27 6 1995 U.S.A. Wyoming Fremont Great Divide Basin Area: Green Mountain: Stratton Rim on the southeast end of Green Mountain ca 4 air mi WSW of Whiskey Peak; ca 16.5 air mi SE of Jeffrey City; ca 5.5 air mi NW of Bairoil. Limber pine woodland in the shallow beginning of a draw. 8200 8700 ft. 42.2969° N, 107.6464° W T27N R91W S24 NW1/4 42.2969 -107.6464 Flowering N N 5 RM 330498 Nunn 2001 RM 766232 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-29530 Ronald L. Hartman 70637 29 5 2001 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Roosevelt National Forest and Vicinity: Front Range: Bull Mountain, ca 6.5 air mi NNE of Four Corners. Semi-barren sedimentary strata (mostly sand) with serviceberry, big sagebrush, bitterbrush, and adjacent to forest of limber pine, lodgepole pine, and Engelmann spruce. 8900 9100 ft. 40.952° N, 105.867° W; uncertainty 0.5 mi. T11N R76W S1 NE1/4 40.952 -105.867 1 mi. Flowering N N 6 RM 330543 Nunn 2001 RM 766234 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-29532 Sarah Nunn 1029 8 6 2001 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Roosevelt National Forest: Medicine Bow Mountains: Forest Road 284 going up North Middle Mountain, across from the Stubb Creek Ranger Station, ca 38 air mi NW of Fort Collins. High flat mountain meadows surrounded by forest with silty soil, dry conditions, Mahonia, Arctostaphylos, Carex, and Delphinium. 8500 8600 ft. 40.8143° N, 105.9012° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T10N R76W S27 N1/2 40.8143 -105.9012 1 mi. Flowering N N 7 RM 330925 Nunn 2001 RM 766233 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-29547 Sarah Nunn 1341 13 6 2001 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Roosevelt National Forest: Front Range: Bull Mountain off County Road 80C on Forest Road 538, ca 42 air mi NW of Fort Collins. East facing slope with red sandstone substrate, on broad, flat topped mountain with Frasera hillsides. 9100 9600 ft. 40.9084° N, 105.8289° W; uncertainty 0.5 mi. T11N R75W S20 NE1/4 40.9084 -105.8289 1 mi. Flowering N N 8 RM 335286 Nunn 2001 RM 766235 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-29745 Sarah Nunn 939 7 6 2001 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Roosevelt National Forest: Front Range: near Laramie River Road (County Road 103), ca 8 air mi N of Colo Hwy 14, ca 40 air mi NW of Fort Collins. Heavily grazed dry creekbank with lodgepole pine. 8300 ft. 40.7113° N, 105.8623° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T9N R76W S25 E1/2 40.7113 -105.8623 1 mi. Flowering N N 9 RM 335829 Porter RM 194794 RM0324824 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-29998 C. L. Porter 3047 23 5 1942 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Fox Creek. Among sagebrush. 9100 ft. 41.1226° N, 106.0122° W; NAD 83, uncertainty 0.5 mi., Digital Map T13N R77W S2 41.1226 -106.0122 NAD 83 1 mi. Digital Map Located at the crossing of Fox Creek and WY Hwy 230; near the Laramie River; 0.75 miles north from Woods Landing; geo-locate.org. [near Woods Landing]. EL Flowering N RM0324824 N 10 RM 341398 Porter RM 264989 RM0324823 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-32437 C. L. Porter 8564 Marjorie W. Porter 7 6 1961 U.S.A. Wyoming Natrona South side of Casper Mountain. In open meadows. 8000 ft. 42.7273° N, 106.3057° W; NAD 83, uncertainty 2 mi., Digital Map T32N R79W S21 42.7273 -106.3057 NAD 83 2 mi. N Y Digital Map Located on the south side of Casper Mountain on trail road at 8,000 ft; east side of Circle Drive road; south of Beartrap Meadow County Park; ca 1 air mile west of Crimson Dawn County Park; geo-locate.org. EL Common. Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324823 N 11 RM 357435 RMHERB1 RM 279281 RM0324819 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-34193 Aven Nelson 10785 16 5 1926 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Sand Creek. Stony ridges and slopes. 7600 ft. 41.0099° N, 105.7553° W; uncertainty 2 mi. T12N R75W S13 41.0099 -105.7553 2 mi. Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324819 N 12 RM 357620 RMHERB1 RM 5377 RM0324822 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-34342 Aven Nelson 1222 18 5 1895 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Hills. 8000 ft. 41.3886° N, 105.3564° W; uncertainty 9+ mi. T16N R71W S4 41.3886 -105.3564 9 mi. Flowering N RM0324822 N 13 RM 358842 RMHERB1 RM 12385 RM0324820 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-35052 Aven Nelson 4326 30 5 1898 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Hills. 7300 8300 ft. 41.2684° N, 105.4688° W; uncertainty 9+ mi. T15N R72W S16 41.2684 -105.4688 9 mi. Y Y Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324820 N 14 RM 360960 RMHERB1 RM 138349 RM0324821 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-36302 Aven Nelson 9735 7 7 1916 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Sherman. Moist open slopes. 8000 ft. 41.0961° N, 105.3351° W; uncertainty 3 mi. T13N R71W S15; also S16 41.0961 -105.3351 3 mi. Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324821 N 15 RM 361392 RMHERB1 RM 644 RM0324831 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-36617 B. C. Buffum s.n. 1 5 1892 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie. 7165 ft. 41.3889° N, 105.5656° W; uncertainty 3 mi. T16N R73W S3 41.3889 -105.5656 3 mi. Flowering N RM0324831 N 16 RM 365872 RMHERB1 RM 115049 RM0324826 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-39887 Edwin B. Payson 4737 Lois B. Payson 16 5 1926 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon South end of Bates Hole. On moister slopes. 6700 7000 ft. 42.3114° N, 106.4667° W; NAD 83, uncertainty 2 mi., Digital Map T27N R80W S18 42.3114 -106.4667 NAD 83 2 mi. Digital Map Located south of Bates Hole Reservoir; geo-locate.org. EL Common. Flowering N RM0324826 N 17 RM 365907 RMHERB1 RM 309904 RM0324825 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-39907 Edwin B. Payson 638 16 5 1915 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Hills E of Laramie. Dry hills. 7300 8300 ft. 41.3135° N, 105.4724° W; NAD 83, uncertainty 0.75 mi., Digital Map T16N R72W S33 41.3135 -105.4724 NAD 83 1 mi. Y Y Digital Map Located in the center of section 33 on travel road, west of Pilot Hill; geo-locate.org. EL Flowering N RM0324825 N 18 RM 373907 RMHERB1 RM 317072 RM0324836 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-42137 Francis B. Current 287 14 6 1978 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Basin: Pathfinder Mine, 34 air mi SSE of Casper. Associated with Artemisia tridentata and gramineae. 7110 ft. 42.383° N, 106.2087° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T28N R78W S20 42.383 -106.2087 1 mi. N N Flowering N RM0324836 N 19 RM 374260 RMHERB1 RM 268905 RM0324838 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-42333 Francis X. Jozwik 107 14 6 1962 U.S.A. Wyoming Natrona Casper Mountain area: summit of the first ridge E of Elkhorn Creek. Meadow with a large amount of limestone rocks about. 8000 ft. 42.7443° N, 106.3149° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T32N R79W S16 42.7443 -106.3149 1 mi. N Y Flowering N RM0324838 N 20 RM 374462 RMHERB1 RM 268904 RM0324839 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-42478 Francis X. Jozwik 54 22 4 1962 U.S.A. Wyoming Natrona Casper Mountain area: vicinity of Garden Creek Falls. Grassy slopes above the creek, soil rocky. 6400 ft. 42.7734° N, 106.3345° W; uncertainty 2 mi. T32N R79W S5 42.7734 -106.3345 2 mi. N Y Flowering N RM0324839 N 21 RM 375732 RMHERB1 RM 10288 RM0324830 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-43240 George E. Osterhout s.n. 28 5 1897 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Plains near Laramie River. 7600 ft. 41.053° N, 105.9272° W; uncertainty 9+ mi. T13N R76W S33 41.053 -105.9272 9 mi. Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324830 N 22 RM 378425 RMHERB1 RM 77859 RM0324829 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-44944 J. Francis Macbride 2726 24 5 1914 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Rock River. Loamy sagebrush slopes. 6900 ft. 41.7346° N, 105.9725° W; uncertainty 4 mi. T20N R76W S6 41.7346 -105.9725 4 mi. N Y Ecological Survey of Vegetativ Succession Under Irrigation. Fruiting N RM0324829 N 23 RM 378467 RMHERB1 RM 302621 RM0324834 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-44876 J. Francis Macbride 2252 24 5 1913 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Centennial. Loamy stream lands. 8075 ft. 41.2971° N, 106.1373° W; uncertainty 2 mi. T15N R78W S3 41.2971 -106.1373 2 mi. Flowering N RM0324834 N 24 RM 383348 RMHERB1 RM 146421 RM0324827 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-47711 Louis O. Williams 2113 19 5 1935 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany 1 mi E of Laramie. Barren sandstone knoll. 7200 ft. T16N R73W S35 N Y Cannot map. EL Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324827 N 25 RM 383353 RMHERB1 RM 168287 RM0324828 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-47716 Louis O. Williams 2193 13 5 1935 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany 1 mi E of Laramie. Barren sandstone knoll. 7200 ft. T16N R73W S35 Cannot map. EL Fruiting N RM0324828 N 26 RM 384035 RMHERB1 RM 51894 RM0324818 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-48215 Margaret Lothian s.n. 5 1903 U.S.A. Wyoming Johnson Buffalo. 4650 ft. 44.3509° N, 106.6924° W; uncertainty 3 mi. T51N R82W S35 44.3509 -106.6924 3 mi. *Wms. Flowering N RM0324818 N 27 RM 384052 RMHERB1 RM 151687 RM0324835 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-48231 Marion Ownbey 1013 Gerald B. Ownbey 28 4 1936 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Near city springs, 1 mi E of Laramie. Sandy slope. 7300 ft. 41.3115° N, 105.5452° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T16N R73W S35 41.3115 -105.5452 1 mi. Flowering N RM0324835 N 28 RM 386805 RMHERB1 RM 307475 RM0324837 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-50069 Robert L. Tresler 466 20 5 1977 U.S.A. Wyoming Natrona S of Bates Creek Reservoir, S of Casper. Dry plains. 7400 ft. 42.4529° N, 106.2362° W; uncertainty 3 mi. T29N R78W S30 42.4529 -106.2362 3 mi. Flowering N RM0324837 N 29 RM 390170 RMHERB1 RM 357920 RM0324812 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-52369 Robert D. Dorn 4232 9 6 1985 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Mountains. Grassy pockets in rocky limestone ridge with Artemisia and Besseya. 8400 ft. 42.2241° N, 106.5787° W; uncertainty 0.5 mi. T26N R81W S18 SE1/4 42.2241 -106.5787 1 mi. Flowers blue. Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324812 N 30 RM 390907 RMHERB1 RM 594952 RM0324811 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-24549 Robert D. Dorn 5590 24 5 1994 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany 6 mi ESE of Laramie. Limestone outcrop under limber pines with Musineon and Ranunculus. 8600 ft. 41.2828° N, 105.4497° W; NAD 83, uncertainty .5 mi., Nat. Geog. TOPO! T15N R72W S10 South 1/2 41.2828 -105.4497 NAD 83 1 mi. Nat. Geog. TOPO! SC Flowers blue. Flowering N RM0324811 N 31 RM 394345 Williams RM 530670 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-55654 Roger L. Williams 636 28 5 1988 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Sierra Madre: West Fork Cherokee Creek, ca 3.5 air mi ESE of Encampment. Moist meadow near stream. 7600 ft. T14N R83W S16 41.1801 -106.7396 NAD 83 0 mi. N N Nat. Geog. TOPO! Few plants. Flowering and Fruiting N N 32 RM 397000 RMHERB1 RM 311530 RM0324833 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-57277 Wilhelm G. Solheim 103 27 4 1930 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Centennial. 8075 ft. 41.2971° N, 106.1373° W; uncertainty 2 mi. T15N R78W S3 41.2971 -106.1373 2 mi. Flowering N RM0324833 N 33 RM 397142 RMHERB1 RM 311523 RM0324832 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-57387 Wilhelm G. Solheim 427 25 5 1931 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Near Vedauwoo Glen. Gravelly exposed soil. 8500 ft. 41.1692° N, 105.3753° W; uncertainty 2 mi. T14N R71W S20 41.1692 -105.3753 2 mi. Flowering N RM0324832 N 34 RM 397922 WYNDD RM 601862 RM0324815 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-57918 Walter Fertig 13519 21 5 1993 U.S.A. Wyoming Natrona East rim of Bates Hole, 1.5 - 2 air mi N of Carbon County. Gentle slopes below sandy-shale ridge; with Artemisia tridentata var. wyomingensis and Sarcobatus. 6600 ft. 42.4529° N, 106.4132° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T29N R80W S27 42.4529 -106.4132 1 mi. N N Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324815 N 35 RM 397950 WYNDD RM 601866 RM0324814 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-57937 Walter Fertig 13561 23 5 1993 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Range: west slope of Sheep Mountain, ca 27 air mi W of Laramie. Granite boulder outcrop in narrow, protected draw; with scattered Douglas fir, limber pine. 8100 8300 ft. 41.2828° N, 106.0647° W; uncertainty 0.5 mi. T15N R77W S8 SE1/4 41.2828 -106.0647 1 mi. N N Flowering N RM0324814 N 36 RM 398614 WYNDD RM 601996 RM0324816 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-19213 Walter Fertig 14725 Jane Struttmann 22 5 1994 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Basin: red rocks adjacent to County Road; ca 3 1/4 air mi W of U.S. Hwy 287, ca 15 air mi due S of Laramie. Red sandstone outcrops with mix of Amelanchier, Rhus trilobata, and Cercocarpus montanus. 7560 7580 ft. 41.0961° N, 105.5834° W; uncertainty 0.25 mi. T13N R73W S16 NE1/4 SW1/4 41.0961 -105.5834 0 mi. N N Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324816 N 37 RM 400424 WYNDD RM 632787 RM0324817 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-59381 Walter Fertig 17333 11 5 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Basin: southeast rim of Bates Hole, ca 3/4 mi N of Wyo Hwy 487; ca 4.5 mi ESE of junction of Wyo hwys 77 and 487. Sandy soil in Artemisia tridentata-Elymus spicatus-Koeleria macrantha community on gentle west-facing slope. 7260 ft. 42.398° N, 106.3056° W; uncertainty 0.25 mi. T28N R79W S16 W1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4 42.398 -106.3056 0 mi. N N Flowering N RM0324817 N 38 RM 401285 WYNDD RM 682480 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-59767 Walter Fertig 18633 Laura Welp 30 5 1999 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Basin: northeast rim of Chalk Mountain ca 3.4 mi W of Wyo Hwy 77; ca 1 1/4 mi SE of Horse Peak. Steep, south-facing slopes of loose, chalky-sandy debris or siltstone on barrens with scattered Elymus spicatus, Oxytropis multiceps, Senecio canus, Comandra, Thermopsis, and Phlox muscoides; vegetative cover < 10%. 7400 7600 ft. 42.3835° N, 106.4614° W; uncertainty 0.25 mi. T28N R80W S19 SW1/4 NW1/4 42.3835 -106.4614 0 mi. Flowering N N 39 RM 401295 WYNDD RM 683786 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-59771 Walter Fertig 18646 30 5 1999 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Mountains: microwave tower ridge on north slope of Shirley Mountains, ca 2.5 mi S of County Road 102; ca 2 mi WSW of Grinell Lake. Open meadow community of Artemisia tripartita var. rupicola and cushion plants on limey sandstone/redbed clay soils with exposed limestone bedrock and gravel. 8600 ft. 42.2101° N, 106.5782° W; uncertainty 0.25 mi. T26N R81W S19 NE1/4 of NE1/4 42.2101 -106.5782 0 mi. Flowering N N 40 RM 404324 RMHERB1 RM 357920 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-61679 Robert D. Dorn 4232 9 6 1985 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Shirley Mountains. Grassy pockets in rocky limestone ridge with Artemisia and Besseya. 8400 ft. 42.2241° N, 106.5787° W; uncertainty 0.5 mi. T26N R81W S18 SE1/4 42.2241 -106.5787 1 mi. Flowering and Fruiting N N 41 RM 404893 RMHERB1 RM 594952 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-62160 Robert D. Dorn 5590 24 5 1994 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany 6 mi ESE of Laramie. Limestone outcrop under limber pines with Musineon and Ranunculus. 8600 ft. 41.2828° N, 105.4497° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T15N R72W S10 South1/2 41.2828 -105.4497 1 mi. Flowering N N 42 RM 405288 RMHERB1 RM 294375 RM0324807 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-62495 Ronald L. Hartman 2813 28 4 1969 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany 15 mi W of Tie Siding, near Wooden Shoe Ranch. On dry roadside. 7400 ft. 41.053° N, 105.7553° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T13N R75W S36 41.053 -105.7553 1 mi. N Y Common. Flowering N RM0324807 N 43 RM 4533 Taylor, Amy 1997 RM 665405 RM0324809 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-391 Amy J. Roderick 380 3 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: bluff abutting dirt road leading to Sunshine Beach in Seminoe State Park, ca 2.4 air mi S of Seminoe Dam; ca 25.5 air mi NE of Sinclair. Calcareous and sandy substrate of bluff dominated by mountain mahogany and sagebrush. 6700 ft. 42.1229° N, 106.9097° W T25N R84W S20 42.1229 -106.9097 Flowering N RM0324809 N 44 RM 4557 Taylor, Amy 1998 RM Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-395 Amy J. Roderick 3821 21 5 1998 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: E of Wyo Hwy 487, ca 3.5 air mi E of Chalk Mountain on the northwestern rim of Shirley Basin. Sandy-gravelly hills of sagebrush, grasses, and forbs. 7150 ft. 42.3541° N, 106.4034° W T28N R80W S34 42.3541 -106.4034 Flowering N N 45 RM 47054 Packer 1997 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-12329 B. A. Packer 549 J. Brondum and T. McGowan 20 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Range: Forest Road 703, ca 12 road mi SE of Laramie. Windswept granite mountain top. 8590 ft. 41.2684° N, 105.4497° W T15N R72W S15 SW1/4 41.2684 -105.4497 Flowering and Fruiting N N 46 RM 47338 Packer 1997 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-12336 B. A. Packer 803 T. McGowan 25 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Range: ca 9.5 air mi SW of Tie Siding; ca 21 air mi SSW of Laramie. Old tree harvest site. 8700 8840 ft. 40.993° N, 105.6419° W T12N R74W S24 NW1/2 40.993 -105.6419 Flowering and Fruiting N N 47 RM 4807 Taylor, Amy 1998 RM Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-408 Amy J. Roderick 4046 27 5 1998 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: base of Horse Peak, ca 4.5 air mi W of junction of Wyo Hwy 77 and 487. Calcareous slope with Pinus flexilis. 7400 ft. 42.4119° N, 106.4813° W T28N R81W S12 42.4119 -106.4813 Flowering and Fruiting N N 48 RM 4845 Taylor, Amy 1998 RM Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-410 Amy J. Roderick 4080 28 5 1998 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: Shirley Basin: Sand Creek, ca 1.5 air mi S of BLM 3144 or Antelope Road; ca 7.2 air mi S of junction of Wyo Hwy 77 and 487. Sagebrush-grassland. 7150 ft. 42.3252° N, 106.345° W T27N R79W S7 South1/2; also S8 42.3252 -106.345 Flowering and Fruiting N N 49 RM 49771 Packer 1997 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. 1. Mertensia humilis Rydb.
Annotated by B. A. Packer. RM-12382 Ronald L. Hartman 56947 B. A. Packer and Amy J. Roderick 5 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Laramie Range: ca 0.5-1.5 air mi NE of Marshall. Granitic outcrop with ponderosa and limber pine and Rocky Mountain juniper. 7300 7500 ft. 42.3108° N, 105.8388° W T27N R75W S16 42.3108 -105.8388 Flowering N N 50 RM 499320 So Rocky Mts RM 29698 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-75215 Ronald L. Hartman 1702 15 4 1968 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Canyon of Cache la Poudre River, 2 mi W of Teds Place. Common on dry sandy west exposed slope in canyon. 6500 ft. Flowering N N 51 RM 542423 Williams RM 960473 RM0215387 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-103166 Roger L. Williams 1083 7 5 1994 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Medicine Bow Mountains: Sanger Ranch above French Creek, ca 14 air mi E of Encampment. Open sagebrush hillside. 7900 ft. T14N R81W S5 41.2162 -106.5226 NAD 83 1 mi. N N Nat. Geog. TOPO! Frequent. Flowering N RM0215387 N 52 RM 574478 Red Mountain 1992 RM 962005 RM0219746 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-104824 B. E. Nelson 22055 Linda Shoemaker 21 5 1992 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Red Mountain and vicinity: small butte ca 0.8 mi NE of Red Mountain cliffs, adjacent to gypsum quarry, ca 27 air mi SW of Laramie. Slopes in mountain shrub community. 7950 ft. 41.0233° N, 105.9278° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T12N R76W S9 41.0233 -105.9278 1 mi. Flowering N RM0219746 N 53 RM 574481 Red Mountain 1992 RM 962039 RM0217983 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-104825 B. E. Nelson 22058 Linda Shoemaker 21 5 1992 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Red Mountain and vicinity: flats NNE of Red Mountain; ca 27 air mi SW of Laramie. 7800 ft. 41.0233° N, 105.9278° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T12N R76W S9 41.0233 -105.9278 1 mi. Flowering N RM0217983 N 54 RM 576061 Nelson 1973 RM 296213 RM0324804 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-104963 B. E. Nelson 388 Linda Nelson 17 5 1973 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: west side of Sheep Mountain, 1/4 mi from Wyo Hwy 11. In open sagebrush-grassland and roadsides. 7900 ft. 41.1961° N, 106.0844° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T14N R77W S7 41.1961 -106.0844 1 mi. N N Abundant. Flowering N RM0324804 N 55 RM 600658 Laramie Plains RM 524132 RM0324813 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-459916 Keith H. Dueholm 9206 Ronald L. Hartman 20 5 1980 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Flat Top Mountain, ca 6 air mi N of Medicine Bow. Sandstone ridge, with outcrops, large rock flats, with Cercocarpus montanus, Tetradymia canescens, Artemisia tridentata, some Ribes cereum, rolling plains around ridge with shallow soil; ridge with Artemisia. 7000 ft. T23N R78W S9 Flowering and Fruiting N RM0324813 N 56 RM 608882 Big Horn Mts RM 347231 RM0324808 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-106987 Ronald L. Hartman 11281 Keith H. Dueholm 27 5 1980 U.S.A. Wyoming Washakie Big Horn Mountains: Rome Hill Road, ca 10.5 air mi ESE of Ten Sleep. Chugwater red beds with gypsum and a little limestone. 6000 ft. 43.9839° N, 107.2358° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T46N R86W S6 43.9839 -107.2358 1 mi. N RM0324808 N 57 RM 622093 Red Mountain 1992 RM 962003 RM0219745 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-107462 Ronald L. Hartman 32368 23 5 1992 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Red Mountain Area: 6-6.5 air mi S of summit of Jelm Mountain; along or adjacent to Maggie Creek. Rolling sagebrush slopes and stream drainage. 7860 8160 ft. 41.0092° N, 105.9853° W T12N R77W S13 41.0092 -105.9853 N N Flowering N RM0219745 N 58 RM 6631 Taylor, Amy 1997 RM 665404 RM0324810 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-475 Amy J. Roderick 569 13 6 1997 U.S.A. Wyoming Carbon Upper North Platte and Laramie River Drainages: Rim Lake or BLM Road 3420, ca 7.5 air mi SW of Rawlins. East-facing shale slope with sagebrush. 7200 7500 ft. 41.693° N, 107.2905° W T20N R88W S22 SE1/4 41.693 -107.2905 Fruiting N RM0324810 N 59 RM 719659 Lukas 2007 RM 918862 RM0078539 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-114784 Laura E. Lukas 421 13 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: above North Fork Gramm Creek, near intersection of Forest roads 520 and 520H, ca 32 mi SW of Laramie; ca 19 mi S of Centennial. Aspen thicket along gulch. 8677 ft. 41.0296° N, 106.0832° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T12N R77W S7 41.0296 -106.0832 WGS 84 GPS reading Flowering RM0078539 60 RM 719847 Lukas 2007 RM 918834 RM0078542 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-114796 Laura E. Lukas 609 16 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: around confluence of Owen and Squaw creeks, ca 2 mi NW of intersection of County Road 47 (Fox Creek Road) and Wyo Hwy 230, ca 26 mi SW of Laramie. Edge of meadow and forest. 7857 ft. 41.1405° N, 106.0453° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T14N R77W S32 41.1405 -106.0453 WGS 84 GPS reading Flowering N RM0078542 61 RM 720326 Lukas 2007 RM 918832 RM0078541 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-114817 Laura E. Lukas 1088 22 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Boswell Creek, N of Forest Road 526, ca 4 mi E of Wyo Hwy 230; ca 4 air mi E of Wycolo; ca 21 air mi S of Centennial. In and around creek. 8625 ft. 40.9988° N, 106.1285° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T12N R78W S13; also T12N R77W S18 40.9988 -106.1285 WGS 84 GPS reading Flowering and Fruiting N RM0078541 62 RM 720518 Lukas 2007 RM 918831 RM0078540 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-114824 Laura E. Lukas 1280 25 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Douglas and Lake Creek area, just E of Lake Creek Resort, near intersection of Forest roads 512 and 509, ca 13 air mi SW of Centennial. Among boulders in forest. 8219 ft. 41.1169° N, 106.2383° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T13N R79W S2; also S11 41.1169 -106.2383 WGS 84 GPS reading Flowering and Fruiting N RM0078540 63 RM 720918 Lukas 2007 RM 918835 RM0078543 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-114834 Laura E. Lukas 1680 29 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: just S of intersection of Forest Road 530 (Spruce Gulch Road) and Forest Road 898 (Pelton Creek Road), on Pelton Creek Road, 3/4 mi SE of Horatio Rock, ca 40 air mi SW of Laramie. Sagebrush steppe. 8591 ft. 41.0309° N, 106.2676° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T12N R79W S4 41.0309 -106.2676 WGS 84 GPS reading Fruiting N RM0078543 64 RM 724118 Lukas 2007 RM 918860 RM0078537 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-115114 Ronald L. Hartman 85248 2 6 2007 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Sheep Mountain, west side, north end of mountain, on Forest Service land off of Wyo Hwy 11. Up ridge of metamorphic rock, with Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, limber pine, and lodgepole pine. 8086 9334 ft. 41.2784° N, 106.0541° W to 41.2717° N, 106.0451° W; GPS Reading T15N R77W S8 SE1/4; also W1/2 S16 41.2784 -106.0541 NAD 83 GPS reading Flowering N RM0078537 65 RM 725458 Lukas 2008 RM 918861 RM0078538 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-115138 Laura E. Lukas 4972 16 6 2008 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: southwest foot of Sheep Mountain, just NE of County Road 47 (Fox Creek Road), ca 0.5 air mi SE of intersection of County Road 47 and Forest Road 517 (Dry Park Road), ca 26 air mi SW of Laramie; ca 9 air mi SE of Centennial. Rocky hills with open limber pine canopy. 8077 8141 ft. 41.1711° N, 106.0715° W to 41.1755° N, 106.0667° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T14N R77W S17; also S19 and 20 41.1711 -106.0715 WGS 84 GPS reading Flowering RM0078538 66 RM 731644 Lukas BLM RM 929170 RM0089747 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-119324 Laura E. Lukas 8851 12 6 2009 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: ca 1.5 air mi NNE of Boswell Ranch, ca 5.5 air mi S of Woods Landing, hills just W and E of Wyo Hwy 10. Sagebrush steppe, leeward side of snow fence. 8007 8036 ft. 41.0306° N, 105.9956° W to 41.0191° N, 106.0034° W; NAD 83, , GPS reading T12N R77W S2; also S11, S12 41.0306 -105.9956 NAD 83 GPS reading Flowering and Fruiting N RM0089747 67 RM 795150 So Rocky Mts RM 840858 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-133216 Bethany Lewis 94 1 6 2007 U.S.A. Colorado Jackson North Park: Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge: ca 2 air mi S of Walden. Sagebrush-grassland uplands, dry. 8150 ft. 40° 42.831' N, 106° 16.268' W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T9N R79W S33 40.71385 -106.271133 WGS 84 GPS reading Blue/purple flowers. Flowering N N 68 RM 835991 RMHERB1 USFS 403608 USFS0072466 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-50386 Ralph K. Gierisch 2048 5 6 1958 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow National Forest: Pole Mountain. Slope 10%; exposure north; soil gravelly loam; grassland with Agropyron spicatum, Muhlenbergia filiculmis, Poa, and Koeleria. 8000 ft. 41.2679° N, 105.3741° W; uncertainty 1 mi. T15N R71W S17 41.2679 -105.3741 1 mi. N N Flowering N USFS0072466 N 69 RM 904236 So Rocky Mts RM 296698 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-75215 Ronald L. Hartman 1702 15 4 1968 U.S.A. Colorado Larimer Canyon of Cache la Poudre River, 2 mi W of Teds Place. In dry, sandy, west exposure. 6500 ft. Common. N N 70 RM 919518 Heidel 2018 RM 981716 RM0251766 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-454854 Bonnie Heidel 4408 28 4 2018 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany West slope Laramie Range: ca 0.6 mi NE of U.S. Hwy 30, ca 3.1 air mi of downtown Laramie. Rocky upland, gravelly red loam; with Artemisia nova, Elymus spicatus, Allium textile, Gutierrexia sarothrae. 7440 ft. 41.3096° N, 105.5373° W; WGS 84, , GPS reading T16N R73W S36 SW1/4 SW1/4 41.3096 -105.5373 WGS 84 N N GPS reading Flowering N RM0251766 N 71 RM 929509 RMHERB2 RM 1035309 RM0327330 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. RM-460085 Dorothy Tuthill s.n. 17 5 2020 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Medicine Bow Mountains: Red Mountain and vicinity, ca 28 air mi SW of Laramie. Barren soil at base of slope. 8097 ft. 41.012358° N, 105.972932° W; unknown, , GPS reading T12N R76W S18 SW1/4 NW1/4 41.012358 -105.972932 unknown N N GPS reading Flowering N N 72 RMT 1652 RM Types RM 29535 RM0001643 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. 2. Mertensia humilis Rydb.
Annotated by Louis O. Wiliams in 1935. Isotype.
1. Mertensia alpina (Torr.) G. Don. RMT-1344 Aven Nelson 7043 2 6 1900 U.S.A. Wyoming Albany Sand Creek. Stony slopes. Flowering RM0001643 Y Isotype for Mertensia humilis Rydb.. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 681. 1909 73 RMT 6100 RM Types RM 3777 RM0004692 Boraginaceae Mertensia humilis Rydb. 2. Mertensia humilis Rydb.
Annotated by Louis O. Wiliams in 1935.
1. Mertensia alpina (Torr.) G. Don. RMT-4986 Aven Nelson 33 16 5 1894 U.S.A. Wyoming [Albany] Laramie Hills. 8000 ft. [T16N R71W S4] 41.3886 -105.3564 9 mi. LB Flowering N RM0004692 Y Paratype for Mertensia humilis Rydb.. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 681. 1909