Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Papaver coloradense [Papaver kluanense] [Papaver radicatum subsp. kluanensis] [Papaver nudicaule var. coloradense] [Papaver nudicaule var. coloradense
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- CommonName
- alpine poppy, Colorado poppy
- Presence
- Yes
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 2004
- LatestDate
- 2007
- Ecosystem
- subalpine, tundra
- Geobotanical
- SSanjuans, Culebras
- Counties
- Costilla, Mineral, San Juan
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There are only a few Watershed vouchers for this scarce, alpine poppy; upper Whiskey Creek (Costilla Co, 2015), Trinchera Peak (Costilla Co, 1998), one from Sheep Mountain (San Juan Co, 2007), the other from Wheeler National Monument (Mineral Co, 2004). There is one occurrence in New Mexico, from Taos Peak in Taos Co. Collections are rare throughout its USA range, which is central Colorado, northeast Utah, northwest Wyoming, and southeast Montana. Currently botanists differ on the scientific name. iNaturalist has Oreomecon radicata. POWO has Oreomecon coloradensis. FNA has Papaver radicatum. Allred et al. have Papaver coloradense. Weber & Wittmann and Ackerfield have Papaver kluanense. A major source of disagreement centers on whether or not the Old World and New World alpine species are distinct (Holmgren and Holmgren (2012).
- Annotation