Participant Info

Species

Veronica serpyllifolia [Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa] [Veronicastrum serpyllifolium subsp. humifusum]

Family

Plantaginaceae

CommonName

thymeleaf speedwell

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan

Passes

Grayback, La Manga, La Veta, Los Pinos, North, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, stream flowing north into Embargo Creek 26 July 2016

Comments

In the Wastershed thymeleaf speedwell occupies mesic habitats from montane into tundra: wet meadows, stream sides, springs, etc. Strangely, there is only one record of Veronica serpyllifolia from the Cristos of the Watershed (near Veta Pass, 1900, Rydberg), although there are many observation from that range in New Mexico. The USA distribution shows a broad population in the Western states and another in the Great Lakes and New England states. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only into Bernalillo Co, New Mexico, no farther down river. Note that the Watershed plant belongs to the variety or subspecies humifusa, presumed to be the V. serpyllifolium native to the USA.

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