Participant Info

Species

Androsace septentrionalis [Androsace diffusa] [Androsace glandulosa] etc.

Family

Primulaceae

CommonName

northern rock-jasmine

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Elwood, Grayback, La Manga, La Veta, Music, Poncha, Spring Creek, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Dry Creek, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Farmers Trail trailhead, dry outwash, 26 May 2021

Comments

Northern rock-jasmine is a ubiquitous flower of the Watershed, ranging from the foothills into the alpine, in both mesic and xeric conditions, from early spring to late summer. The one Basin collection of Androsace septentrionalis came from the San Luis Hills. Except for most of northern California, Oregon, and Washington, the flower is wide spread in all Western states, as well as the upper Great Plains near the Canadian border. It follows the Rio Grande drainage almost to the Mexican border.

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