Participant Info

Species

Potentilla concinna [Potentilla divisa] [Potentilla oblanceolata] [Potentilla proxima]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

elegant cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Grayback, La Veta, Whiskey, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Mountain Home Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback pass 23 June 2020

Comments

Woolly cinquefoil prefers open slopes of grass and sagebrush, from the montane to the tundra. It has been frequently collected in all mountain areas of the Valley, usually fairly early in the collecting season (as its common name indicates). Potentilla concinna has a wide USA distribution, as cinquefoils go, all mountain regions west of the Great Plains except for the Pacific coastal ranges. It follows the Rio Grande drainage down to Sierra Co of New Mexico.

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