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Boechera retrofracta
(dangling suncress)
© Bryan Kelly-McArthur (Photo ID #60982)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Radium
Photographer
Bryan Kelly-McArthur
Habitat
dry grassland slope
Photo Date
May 06, 2014
Upload Date
August 14, 2014
Elevation (m)
822
UTM Zone #
11
Latitude
UTM Easting
566204
Longitude
UTM Northing
5605322
Photo ID #
60982
Notes
plant infected by Puccinia monoica rust fungus which has sterilized the host plant and prevented it from producing true flowers, instead forcing it to turn normal leaves into "pseudoflowers" for its own purpose of propagation by pollinating insects.. For more detailed and interesting information on this process check Wikipedia for Puccinia monoica. All plants over a large area at this site exhibited this condition to the exclusion of natural form. Rust ID by Jamie Fenneman
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