Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Penstemon linarioides
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- CommonName
- toadflax penstemon
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1984
- LatestDate
- 2021
- Ecosystem
- foothill, montane
- Geobotanical
- Garitas, SSanjuans
- Counties
- Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- The Watershed's form of toadflax penstemon is Penstemon linarioides var. coloradoensis. Found on open rocky hillsides, sometimes in volcanic substrate, it is not often collected in the Watershed: Rajadero Canyon (2015) and Rito Hondo Creek (1986) in Conejos Co; SW of Creede (nd) in Mineral Co; near Pinos Creek (1984) in Rio Grande Co. All vouchers are are from the western side of the valley—none from the east side. More recently, six photorecords in iNaturalist, from the same areas, purportedly are P. linarioides, but not enough detail is shown to make identification sure (e.g., of the staminode or the calyx margin). One observation from a hillside above Fox Creede (2021), however, looks correct (iNaturalist # 83095152). In New Mexico, there are collections from the northern Rio Grande drainage, where Allred et al. 2020 call it "rather common." This penstemon is primarily distributed in the Southwest USA, the Watershed marking its northwest corner.
- Annotation