Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum plants (MIN:Plants)

Catalog #: 973374

Occurrence ID: ebcf757a-bec6-4180-8f05-60dc9cb6e2d1

Secondary Catalog #: 1398927

Taxon: Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

Family: Brassicaceae

Determiner: Lee, Michael

Date Determined: 07/May/2012

Collector: Lee, Michael

Number: MDL5818

Date: 2012-05-07

Verbatim Date: 7 May 2012

Additional Collectors: Aaseng, Norm; Anderson, Chel

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Dakota, Ordway Field Station, Macalester College; Along the Mississippi River at River Lake, Inver Grove Heights.

Latitude/Longitude: 44.808628143 -93.0217382458

Verbatim Coordinates: 4961692N 498281E; T27N R22W sec23

Elevation: 210 meters Verbatim Elevation: 690 feet

Habitat: Very locally abundant at the base of steep east- (to quite locally south-) facing bluffs. Forming the dominant cover in a small (~1/4-acre) groundwater seepage zone. Gently-sloping setting on the river bank, a few feet above river level. Wet sandy substrate, often with a shallow organic cap. Full sun. White flowers.

Associated Taxa: Associates include Mimulus glabratus, Caltha palustris, Veronica catenata, Impatiens capensis, Myosotis scirpoides, Phalaris arundinacea.

Specimen Media

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Timothy Whitfeld, Collections Manager (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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