Participant Info

Species

Oenothera suffrutescens [Gaura coccinea] [Gaura epiobioides] [Gaura glab ra] etc.

Family

Onagraceae

CommonName

scarlet beeblossom

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1922

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Music

WildlifePreserves

Coller, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, junction of Groundhog and Embargo Creek roads 8 July 2021

Comments

Oenothera suffrutescens, long known as Gaura coccinea and long collected from both sides of the Watershed, has a predilection for dry rolling grassland and volcanic slopes in the Watershed, where it has also adapted to a variety of disturbed habitats such as road sides and hay meadows. Scarlet beeblossom's USA distribution is the Rocky Mountains, the desert Southwest, and the Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage south all the way to the Gulf.

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