16 August 2001.
Armenia
Locality: Near the church of Noravanq (New Church), 8 km off of the main highway 20-30 km SE of Yeghegnadzor
Coordinates: 39.6847, 45.2328
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Elevation: 1517m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Collected from the bottom of a deep canyon, up to 120 m up the hillside. Temperature hot, over 110 F. At 10 m above the streambed the terrain was very rocky, steep, extremely dry. Collections were made from both sides of the canyon.
Collector(s): - Arevshatyan, Isabella
- Charchoglian, Ashot A., National Academie of Sciences
- Gabrielian, Eleonora, Department of Plant Systemics
- Gasparyan, Samuel M., Scientific Research Center of Viticulture
- Hannan, Richard M., USDA, ARS
- Kaiser, Walter J., U.S. Peace Corps
- Manakyan, Vrez, Armenia Academie of Science