Participant Info

Species

Swertia perennis [Swertia palustris]

Family

Gentianaceae

CommonName

star gentian

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1902

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, La Manga, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, 1 mile S of Grayback pass 23 Aug 2019

Comments

Star gentian has been observed frequently all around the Watershed, usually found in its preferred habitat of wet, even marshy meadows bordering lakes and streams. It is distributed on down the Rio Grande drainage to nearly Santa Fe. It is the only species of Swertia in the USA, found scattered around the mountains of the states west of the Great Plains.

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