Participant Info

Species

Oxytropis splendens [Aragallus splendens] [Oxytropis richardsonii] [Oxytropus splendens]

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

whorled locoweed

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, Indian Creek, North

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Luder's Creek cpgd 17 July 2016

Comments

Whorled locoweed tends toward higher elevations, preferring open xeric slopes and forest openings. All recorded locations are on the west side of the Valley except for two. One is in the North Cristos, found on a :dry alpine ridge north of California Peak," near Zapata Lake (Hogan and Elliot, 2022), the other near Indian Creek Pass in the Culebras SW of Ft Garland. The USA range of Oxytropis splendens is the Rocky Mountains and northern North Dakota. The flower extends down the Rio Grande drainage only a little ways into New Mexico (its farthest reach south).

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