Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Ipomopsis spicata [Gilia spicata]
Family
Polemoniaceae
CommonName
spiked ipomosis
Presence
MAYBE
Status
native
EarliestDate
1875
LatestDate
1875
Ecosystem
tundra
Geobotanical
SSanjuans
Counties
San Juan
Passes
Stony
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There is only one record of Ipomopsis spicata in the Watershed, from San Juan Co, Stony (“Hamilton”) Pass, “above timber line” (1875)—a highly unlikely location for this Front Range piedmont plant. It is, however, a plant easily identified, and there are other isolated locations, in southwest Utah and northern Arizona. Still the determination is very suspect, since the Stony Pass location would be some 2,500' higher in elevation than the range given by Ackerfield, who doesn't accept this record. A possible corrected determination for this old specimen is Ipomopsis congesta.