Participant Info

Species

Stellaria longipes [Alsine laeta] [Alsine longipes] [Stellaria laeta]

Family

Caryophyllaceae

CommonName

longstalk starwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Cochetopa, Grayback, Los Pinos, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Cochetopa pass 30 June 2020

Comments

Longstalk starwort may be the most commonly collected Stellaria in the Watershed, found in all vegetative zones, including alongside an Upper Basin irrigation ditch north of Monte Vista. The preponderance of vouchers for Stellaria longipes are from the San Juan Mountains south of the Rio Grande. The most common habitat for this delicate flower is open stream sides in the subalpine and alpine. In the USA, it is found in every state west of the Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage down to Socorro Co, New Mexico, but no farther down stream

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