Participant Info

Species

Geranium richardsonii

Family

Geraniaceae

CommonName

Richardson’s geranium

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1902

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, Elwood, Mosca, Music, North, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, CO Spring Gulch off Pool Table road 30 July 2015

Comments

Richardson's geranium is perhaps the single most recorded wildflower from the Watershed. Found in all mountain regions of the Valley, the species especially likes shaded openings in woods but can be found in nearly every habitat, including roadside embankments. It grows in all states west of the Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico almost to the Mexican border, but no farther.

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