Participant Info

Species

Phacelia sericea [Eutoca sericea]

Family

Hydrophyllaceae

CommonName

silky phacelia, purple fringe

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1915

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Bonito, Grayback, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek, Slumgullion

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, near Elwood Pass 2 Aug 2019

Comments

Silky phacelia has been by far the most commonly collected phacelia from the Watershed, recorded from all mountain regions. Phacelia sericea prefers open rocky slopes, often near creeks but in dry, gravelly soil, not in scree. Along with a few collections from the mountains of Taos Co, New Mexico, the Watershed locations mark the SE edge of the USA distribution, which covers the Central and Northern Rockies as well as mountains in the other Western states.

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