Woody tiquilia
An early season picture of the prostrate Tiquilia latior. Other common names include Matted tiquilia and Matted crinklemat. Note the mostly bristly leaves. It is a member of the Borage family and has light pink flowers.
There are some references to this species as a "Colorado Plateau" endemic or essentially so, but that is really not the case. While southeastern Utah is a principal part of its range, its distribution is much wider than that including, the Great Basin (Utah portion), the Utah Plateaus, northern to northwestern Arizona and southeastern Nevada. It does not appear to occur in Colorado and in fact this location appears to be approaching the known eastern limits of the species.
April 13, 2013, Professor Valley, Grand County, Utah, elev. approx. 4400 ft., on red clay soil
Woody tiquilia
An early season picture of the prostrate Tiquilia latior. Other common names include Matted tiquilia and Matted crinklemat. Note the mostly bristly leaves. It is a member of the Borage family and has light pink flowers.
There are some references to this species as a "Colorado Plateau" endemic or essentially so, but that is really not the case. While southeastern Utah is a principal part of its range, its distribution is much wider than that including, the Great Basin (Utah portion), the Utah Plateaus, northern to northwestern Arizona and southeastern Nevada. It does not appear to occur in Colorado and in fact this location appears to be approaching the known eastern limits of the species.
April 13, 2013, Professor Valley, Grand County, Utah, elev. approx. 4400 ft., on red clay soil