Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Comandra umbellata [Thesium umbellatum]
- Family
- Comandraceae
- CommonName
- bastard toadflax
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1914
- LatestDate
- 2015
- Ecosystem
- shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, NCristos
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande
- Other Localities
- Del Norte
- Comments
- Bastard toadflax is a native flower that in the Watershed prefers dry hillsides and plains. It is hemiparasitic, obtaining nutrients from a wide variety of plants—over 200 have been documented, including Antennaria, Fragaria, and Populus—but also with some capability for photosynthesis. It adapts to ruderal conditions. There are no collections of Comandra umbellata from the Culebras, but it is widespread in New Mexico. It grows in all regions of the USA except for the coastal Gulf areas. Note that recently it has been removed from the Santalaceae and put into a family of its own (Nickrent, 2016). Note that C. umbellata has no petals. What look like petals are sepals.
- Annotation