Mint Spring Trail 9/13/15
Mint Spring Trail 9/13/15
Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Yellow Salsify.
Tragopogon dubius
Aster (Asteraceae) family.
Plants (30-)40-80(-100) cm. Leaves: apices straight (not recurved to coiled), faces initially tomentulose to floccose, soon glabrescent. Peduncles distally inflated. Involucres conic in bud. Outer florets much shorter than phyllaries; corollas yellow.
Santa Catalina Mountains
Top of Ski Valley.
Location: By road near last tower
Elevation: 9040 ft.
GPS: 32.441619, -110.780254
8/19/15
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