Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Penstemon auriberbis
Family
Plantaginazeae
CommonName
Colorado beardtongue
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1921
LatestDate
1998
Ecosystem
montane
Geobotanical
SSawatch, NCristos
Counties
Costilla, Saguache
Passes
La Veta
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Colorado beardtongue has been found in two areas of the Watershed: in the south Sawatch Range west of Villa Grove (Saguache Co), and between Alamosa and Veta Pass (Costilla Co). The C. L. Porter record of 1935 (“near Alamosa”) is a bit of a puzzle, since that day he collected roadside in Archuleta and Conejos counties. Largely a Colorado Front Range and Plains plant, this penstemon would be endemic to Colorado save for a few collections from the northern border counties of New Mexico, including an "outlier" found in Rio Arriba Co (Allred et al. 2020).