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The "nearby" observations are obscured so I'm not sure if these all came from a single location. In the early 1990s, I believe there was only one known site on the Sylamore Ranger District of the Ozark National Forest. I looked a specimens in several Arkansas herbaria at that time. Most had rather poor location information since GPS was not used and they often mentioned the nearby campground. I suspect someone will obscure this location.

In my experience, of the eight specimens I looked at, only one hinted at the frequency and said, "13 plants." I wondered, "Had botanists collected eight of the 13 plants?" so I visited the site and found about 20-30, making my own top-snatched collection. I walked up the nearby bluff and found another colony overhanging the top of the bluff, making it difficult to approach. Most plants were near the drop-off and the closer I got to them, the fewer branches were trustworthy to hold on to and the steeper and more slippery the ground became. I do remember doing something (photo? collecting?) and reported the new colony to the district. I wanted to visit the site today and found about 50 flowering stems mostly within 1-2 meters and a few nearby scattered plants. I didn't climb the bluff. They were on the lower bluff close to the stream. So, this site is well known to Arkansas botanists. Today, I took only pictures. I rarely collect anything!