Participant Info

Species

Sidalcea neomexicana [Sidalcea parviflora var. thurberi]

Family

Malvaceae

CommonName

New Mexico checkermallow, Rocky Mountain checkermallow

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, urban

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Alamosa, Baca, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Alder Creek north of South Fork 8 July 2019

Comments

New Mexico checkermallow is a native plant of wet montane meadows adaptable to a wide variety of other habitats, including urban, roadside, abd campground conditions. It ranges from basin to upper montane, and is present in all mountain regions of the valley. Despite Sidalcea neomexicana's specific epithet, it is present in all states west of the Great Plains except for Washington and Montana. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through all of New Mexico, but not farther down stream.

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