Rudbeckia alpicola Piper

Washington: Chelan: East Cascades Ecoregion: Wenatchee Mountains, slopes below Tip Top Mountain, at Deer Spring Park, ca 14 air miles west of Wenatchee. T23N R18E S32 NE4 NW4 NW4. Elev. 3840 ft
47.452° N, 120.621° W,
Meadow on seasonally wet clay-rich soil in old pond area in flats below steep slopes. Center of wetland dominated by rhizomatous Elymus. Fringe with low cover of Delphinium viridescens, Camassia quamash, Rumex, Bistorta bistortoides, Lomatium thompsonii, Rosa, Rudbeckia alpicola, Cirsium edule, Veratrum californicum, and Deschampsia cespitosa. HerbariumSpecimenDuplicate: Rudbeckia alpicola Sparse, but often clumped. About 50 plants. In bud and early flower. Https://intermountainbiota.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=32502063. Phenology: Bud, flowering.

Walter Fertig; Destiny Brokaw 35776, Jun 28, 2023
With Zoe Schaeffer, Aiko Yamada, Andrew Maestas
WS, Catalog: 405354, WS023465