Participant Info

Species

Penstemon griffinii

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

Griffin’s penstemon

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Cochetopa, Poncha

WildlifePreserves

Coller, Hot Creek, Rio Grande

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell Rio Grande Co, CR 630 3 miles N of CR 15 29 June 2021

Comments

Griffin's penstemon is common in the Watershed, on both sides of the Valley, showing a preference for open meadows, where sometimes it grows in extensive patches. Hogan and Elliot (2022) collected only a few specimens from the North Cristos. The Lower Basin collections are from the San Luis Hills. It is found only in CO and NM. It is not collected yet from the Culebras but recorded from the northern Cristos of NM. In New Mexico it extends down the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Santa Fe Co. Throughout NW, say Allred et al (2020), the species is "not well-known."

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