Participant Info

Species

Eriogonum jamesii

Family

Polygonaceae

CommonName

James’ buckwheat

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes, Mountain Home Reservoir, Rio Grande

Other Localities

La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, foothills just S of Del Norte 3 Aug 2020

Comments

On both sides of the Valley, James's buckwheat is very common on rocky slopes of pinyon-juniper foothills, edging up into the montane. The one Basin record is from the San Luis Hills. It is not yet recorded from the Culebras, but frequently recorded from the Cristos on south in New Mexico. Eriogonum jamesii is found in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Big Bend in Texas. Note that many taxonomic keys distinguish Eriogonum jamesii from E. arcuatum with a non-morphological feature, the color of the perianth.

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