The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828-4-8176 Artemisia filifolia Torr. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 282; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Artemisiafilifolia Torr.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Asterales; family: Asteraceae; genus: Artemisia; specificEpithet: filifolia; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Torr.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: "Comm check" hill, 1.7 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station, just west of Cow Dung Road; verbatimElevation: 1371 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°25'3.15"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°46'54.59"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 22, 2014 ; habitat: Conglomerate sandstone hilltop dominated by Artemisia and Ephedra; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607478; collectionCode: CAN, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Common on the plateau just west of the MDRS (Fig. 26) this species is abundant on sandy substrates of the region ( Shultz 2006 ), and was previously reported for the nearby San Rafael Swell ( Harris 1983 ). Supplemental File: CAN 607478 (Suppl. material 29).