Participant Info

Species

Penstemon barbatus [Chelone barbata]

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

scarlet penstemon

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, Los Pinos, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Coller, Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Alder Creek N of South Fork 6 July 2019

Comments

Scarlet penstemon is common on dry, rocky slopes in all mountain regions of the Watershed, also sometimes on roadsides and other ruderal ground. The species is present in the mid-elevations of southern Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, where it follows the Rio Grande drainage all the way to the Big Bend county of Texas.

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