Participant Info

Species

Pyrola picta [Pyrola aphylla] [Pyrola dentata]

Family

Ericaceae

CommonName

white-sided wintergreen

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1988

LatestDate

1988

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Pyrola picta is the rarest wintergreen in the Watershed. There is only one collection: Conejos Co, 2.5 mi NW of Black Mt, 2 mi SSE of Ruybalid Lake, ± 9,000’ elevation (1988). In the North Cristos, it has been found only on the east slopes (Hogan and Elliot (2022). It is somewhat more common in the other western USA states, including New Mexico, where it is recorded from the Rio Grande drainage of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Socorro counties—not farther down river.

Annotation