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Participant Info

Species
Calochortus gunnisonii
Family
Liliaceae
CommonName
Gunnison’s mariposa lily
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1914
LatestDate
2014
Ecosystem
foothill, montane
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta
Passes
La Veta, Medano, Mosca, South
WildlifePreserves
Rio Grande
Other Localities
La Botica
PhotoRecords
YES Mary E. McDonald: Conejos Co, on the Conejos River 9 July 2014; Rich Haswell: Alamosa Co, Mosca Pass 9 July 2014
Comments
Gunnison's mariposa lily is a common flower of open montane slopes, dry to slightly mesic. It has been collected from all mountain regions of the Watershed except for the Culebras (but commonly recorded from the Cristos of New Mexico). Calochortus gunnisonii is found throughout the Rockies of the USA. It follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border.
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