Participant Info

Species

Potentilla effusa [Potentilla hippiana var. effusa]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

branched cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1984

LatestDate

1999

Ecosystem

montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch

Counties

Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There are only three records of Potentilla effusa from the Watershed: two from the hills to the northwest of Saguache; one from a creek flowing into Pinos Creek S of Del Norte. BONAP shows Costilla Co, with no vouchers in SEINet; These locations would mark the extreme southern reach of the USA distribution, which is Wyoming with small areas of adjacent states. Ackerfield treats this as a variety of P. hippiana, and FNA notes that the distinction between P. effusa and P. hippiana is "marred by intermediate populations throughout their shared range," which would include the Watershed.

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