Participant Info

Species

Peritoma serrulata [Cleome serrulata] [Cleomella serrulata]

Family

Cleomaceae

CommonName

Rocky Mountain beeplant, stinking clover

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1915

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban, sanddunes

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Blanca Wetlands, Great Sand Dunes, San Luis Lakes

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Old Woman's Creek road 24 Aug 2014

Comments

A native plant that often adapts to disturbed sandy soil, Rocky Mountain bee plant is frequently admired—and collected—at lower elevations around the Watershed. In August the sides of roads and highways are often lined with the plant. It is found in all states from the Great Plains westward, and follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico, although not farther down stream into Texas. Note that as of July 2014 POWO and iNaturalist prefer the name Cleomella serrulata for this taxon, but that so far BONAP and FNA stick with Peritoma serrulata.

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