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 Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 291; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Chaenactisdouglasii(Hook.)Hook. & Arn.var.douglasii; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Asterales; family: Asteraceae; genus: Chaenactis; specificEpithet: douglasii; infraspecificEpithet: douglasii; taxonRank: Variety; scientificNameAuthorship: (Hook.) Hook. & Arn.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Approx. 200 m past fork on Cow Dung Road, down eastern fork, 1.9 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station; verbatimElevation: 1381 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°25'3.2"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°46'29.7"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 23, 2014 ; habitat: Artemisia-dominated desert scrub; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607472; collectionCode: CAN ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Found in desert shrub communities alongside the ATV trails north of MDRS, this widespread species was not recorded previously for the nearby San Rafael Swell ( Harris 1983 ), though it is known to occur in nearby Capitol Reef National Park ( Coles et al. 2009 ), and in the Four Corners region further southeast ( Heil and O'Kane 2003 ). Though Welsh et al. (1993) did not recognize varieties, our specimen would be considered C. douglasii var. douglasii following Morefield (2006) . Supplemental File: CAN 607472 (Suppl. material 30).