Participant Info

Species

Linanthus pungens [Leptodactylon pungens] [Leptodactylon brevifolium] [Cantua oungens] [Gilia pungens]

Family

Polemoniaceae

CommonName

prickly-phlox, granite gilia

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Bear Creek NE of South Fork 7 June 2021

Comments

In the Watershed, on both sides of the Valley, this prickly-phlox grows in the foothills, often on dry rocky inclines associated with Juniperus, Ribes, Opuntia, Artemisia frigida, etc. The occurrences of Linanthus pungens in the Watershed, along with those of north central New Mexico, mark the southeastern corner of the USA distribution, which ranges through all states west of the Great Plains.

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