Participant Info

Species

Penstemon strictus

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

Rocky Mountain bearstongue

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, La Veta, Los Pinos, North, South, Spring Creek, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Conejos Co, Osier Park, meadow above station, 7 July 2021

Comments

Rocky Mountain beardstongue has been the most commonly collected Penstemon of the Watershed, found in a variety of habitats, from mesic to xeric, from foothill to subalpine, occasionally by roads. The one Lower Basin record is from the Pinyon Hills, in volcanic soil. There are no records from the Culebras but many from their continuation into New Mexico. In the USA, P. strictus is more wide spread than P. strictiformis, adding southeast Nevada and south Wyoming to Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It follows the Rio Grande drainage into Socorro Co, New Mexico (but no farther down stream).

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