Participant Info

Species

Penstemon virens

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

Front Range penstemon

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1971

LatestDate

2012

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, tundra

Geobotanical

NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Of Penstemon virens there are only four Watershed vouchers, widely dispersed in location and vegetative zone: Rio Grande Co, Cropsy Peak, tundra; Alamosa Co, near Zapata Falls, lower montane; Saguache Co, Buffalo Pass cpgd, upper montane; Conejos Co, W of La Jara, lower montane. Only the Alamosa record is accepted by Ackerfield (2022), and only the Saguache record by BONAP. The plant’s normal range is the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming.

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