Pyrrocoma carthamoides Hook. var. cusickii (A. Gray) Kartesz & Gandhi
Annotated by Gregory K. Brown, Jul 2000. Remarks: Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM) University of Wyoming. Popovich 6217E-2

Idaho: Gooding County: Mount Bennett Hills, S of N-S divide of Hills, ca. 16 air-km NE of King Hill, E of road and stock pond to Indian Writing Waterhole, S. of Dempsey Meadows Road. Ephemerally wet weak rocky drainageway N of rim above Indian Writing Waterhole and continuing .5 km up drainage. Elev. 1645 m.
T03S R12E S21 NW1/4 of NE1/4.
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 969 meters. Coordinate Source: GeoLocate.
Ephemerally wet weak rocky drainageway; 300+ plants mostly in cracks of rocks, with Artemisia arbuscula, A. ludoviciana, Purshia tridentata, Eriogonum, Zygadenus, Lomatium, Penstemon, Camassia, Gayophytum, Navarretia, Cirsium, Xanthium, Festuca idahoensis, other bunchgrasses.¶Slope: 0-3%.¶Aspect: SSW.¶Ownership: Federal-BLM.¶Soil: loamy sand at surface to clayey with depth. Full sun. Rays bright yellow, conspicuous, 18/head, 1.2mm X 5.9mm. Same population as collections C. Blackburn 130, 143. Plants nearest rim are twice size of those up drainage. Phenology: Fruits.

S. Popovich 6217E-2, Jul 17, 1998
With C. Blackburn
CIC-SHO, Accession: 487