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. For this taxon there is major nomenclatural disagreement among authorities. FNA has Papaver radicatum var. kluanense; Ackerfield (2022) has P. Kluanense; BONAP and Allred et al (2020) have P. coloradense, following Holmgren and Holmgren (2012), who argue that the Old World and New World alpine species are distinct.

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