Arabis platysperma var. howellii (S. Watson) Jeps.
Brassicaceae
C.H.Q. (1960)
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CHAS H. QUIBELL
5496
1955-08-08
8/8/55
United States, California, Fresno, UPPER FRENCH CANYON BASIN (TRIB. PIUTE CRK. AND S. FK. SAN JOAQUIN RIV.), W. OVER SIERRAN CREST FROM BISHOP, INYO CO.; ROYCE AND MERRIAM PKS. W-NW. OVER 13,000'; PINE CRK. PASS N. 11,100'; CREST E. NW. CA. 12,500'; PILOT KNOB SW. 12,245'; BASIN MOSTLY ABOVE 11,000'.
37.3008 -118.7446 +-1600m.
LODGEPOLE FOR. FRENCH CANYON UP TO CA. 10,400'; SUBALPINE FOR. TO 11,000' (EVEN 11,200') ON FAVORED ROCKY SLOPES; OCCAS. PINUS ALBICAULIS KRUMHOLTZ TO 11,200' - RARE SPECIMENS TO 12,000'; BASIN MOSTLY ALPINE WITH EXTENSIVE AREAS HERBACEOUS ALPINE COVER. This Arabis with lavendar fls. on rather gentle slopes of rolling ice planed granite with green troughs at intervals - ca. 11,500' - n. of Fr. L. & e. of Pine Crk. Pass. Long sandy rocky slope rises e-ne. to 12,534' Sierran Crest apparently barren, actually rather floriferous.