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1. Lesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 

 Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray, PI. Wright. 2: 14. 1853. 



Type locality: "Stony hills near El Paso." Type collected by Wright (no. 1320). 



Range: Western Texas to Arizona, south into Mexico. 



New Mexico: Big Hatchet Mountains; Florida Mountains; Organ Mountains. 

 Canyons, in the Upper Sonoran Zone. 



One of the rather few early spring flowers occurring in the mountains of the southern 

 part of the State. 



2. Lesquerella aurea Wooton, Bull. Torrey Club 25: 260. 1898. 



Type locality: South P"ork of Tularosa Creek, 3 miles east of the Mescalero Agency, 

 White Mountains, New Mexico. Type collected by Wooton (no. 245). 



Range: Mountains of southern New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Luna; White and Sacramento mountains. Transition Zone. 



The largest of our species. Its flowers are a deep yellow, abundantly borne on 

 erect or ascending stems, followed by the globose fruit on strongly recurved pedicels. 



3. Lesquerella montana (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 251. 1888. 

 Vesicaria montana A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863: 58. 1863. 



Type locality: "From the Middle Mountains," Colorado. 

 Range: Wyoming to New Mexico. 



New Mexico: Pecos River; Sierra Grande; Raton. Hillsides, in the Upper Sonoran 

 Zone. 



4. Lesquerella lata Woot. & Standi. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 126. 1913. 



Type locality: Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. Type collected by Fred G. 

 Plummer in 1903. 



Range: White Mountains of New Mexico. 



5. Lesquerella rectipes Woot. & Standi. Coutr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 127. 1913. . 

 Type locality: Northwestern New Mexico. Type collected by C. C. Marsh 



(no. 81). 



Range: New Mexico. 



New Mexico: South of Atarque de Garcia; banks of the Rio Grande, 19 miles west 

 i f Santa Fe; near East View; Tunitcha Mountains. Dry plains and Mils, in the Upper 

 Sonoran Zone. 



6. Lesquerella intermedia (S. Wats.) Heller, PL World 1: 22. 1897. 

 Lesquerella alpina intermedia S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 23: 251. 1S88. 



Type r.<>< \un : Bills West of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Type collected by Fendlei 

 (no. 38). 

 Range: Northern Now Mexico and southern Colorado. 

 New Mexico: SantaFe; Wheelers Ranch. Upper Sonoran Zone. 



7. Lesquerella valida Greene, Pittonia 4: t58. 1899. 



Type locaijty: Cray, New Mexico. Type collected by Miss Josephine 61 

 (no. 89). 



Range: Known only from the type Locality. 



8. Lesquerella gordoni (A. Gray) S. Wats. Proc. Amor. Acad. 23: 253. 1888. 

 Veaicaria L Gray, Boat. Journ. Nut. Hist. 6: in. L860. 



Type locality: On the Canadian, in the Union Mountains, Ne* M< 

 rado. 



Range: Wei tern Texas to Arizona. 



New Mexico: Mangas Springs; Meedlla Valley; Gray; Kingston. Drj fields, in the 

 Lower Sonoran Zone 



A comi i spring annual In the southern pari of the Btate, where ll occurs i 



n;ii. .1 with Sophias and other spring crucifers. 



