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difficult to locate if it is not flowering. However, the pink and magenta flowers which are 1.5 -2 inches in diameter allows a greater probability of locating the Uinta Basin hookless cactus. Following the short Flowering period, usually about the week of May 5-11, (Smith 1996), the cactus shrinks in size and increases the difficulty of location. The Uinta Basin hookless cactus is generally found on alluvial benches along the Green, Colorado, and Gunnison rivers and is more abundant on south-facing slopes, but can occur on all exposures. Associated vegetation includes the following: shadscale, saltbushes, winterfat (Erotia Janata), sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate), greasewood, galleta grass (Hifaria jamesit), black sage (Artemfsia nova), Indian ricegrass, prickly pear cactus, yucca (Yucca glauca), low rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) and sand dropseed (Sporo6olus cryptandrus} within an elevation range of 4500fi000 feet. This callus has been found in Garfield, Mesa, Delta, and Montrose counties, Colorado and to the west in Utah. 3.3.2 Debeque phacelia (Pharnlia submutica) Debeque phacelia is an annual forb with stems about 3/4 to slightly over 3 inches in length and often much branched at the base. Leaves are elliptic-0blong to obovata and 1/4 to S/8 inch long. The Flowers are small, 3/8 inch across, crowded, and cream colored with a tinge of yellow to purple. Debeque phacelia blooms in May before the temperature bernmes too hot. Most of the herbarium specimens viewed were collected between May 7 and May 22. This plant has been identified in Garfield and Mesa Counties at the margins of the Colorado River Valley. •Debeque phacelia occurs in alkaline, barren clay banks and flats in deserts and foothills. Large cracks generally occur in the soil al locations where this plant occurs. The reported elevation where this plant occurs is about 4700 feet. 3.4 Survey Result • Neither Uinta Basin hookless cactus, Debeque phacelia, or any of the USBLM Special Status Plants were observed in the three survey sites. There were numerous prickly pear cactus found on all three of the survey sites and approximately 100 hedgehog cactus. Only five bearclaw cactus which are i~the same genus as the Uinta Basin hookless cactus were identified in the surveyed areac and four of_these were just beginning to flower. One was located. at_the west portal, and four at the Cameo Refuse_Dis~sal .~ Areas. Both species have_thepotential to occur within the survey_site but_none~ere_located within the suryeyed_areas. Debeque phacelia appears to be limited to areas of barren soil, generally clayey, where expansion and contraction in the soil occur creating large cracks. There were small areas on the survey site that fit this habitat and soil description, but none had Debeque phacelia. 4.0 Literature Cited Colorado Native Plant Society. 1989, Rare plants of Colorado Association and fhe Rocky Mountain Nature Association. Grunau, Lee. Colorado Natural Heritage. Letter of April 30, 1996 to Daryl Mergen, Western Ecological Resource, Inc. Rose, Keith. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Letter of May 2, 1996 to Daryl Mergen, Westem Ecological Resource, Inc. Smith, David. 1996. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction, Personal Communication with Daryl Mergen, Westem Ecological Resource, Inc.