Participant Info

Species

Potentilla glaucophylla [Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla]]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

blueleaf cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1942

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, La Manga, Medano, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, meadow by pond on Hwy 14 N of Grayback Mt 23 Aug2019

Comments

Blueleaf cinquefoil has been fairly frequently collected from both sides of the Watershed, usually from rocky slopes, saddles, and knolls in the tundra, although its habitat does include the higher montane. The presence of Potentilla glaucophylla on into the Rio Grande drainage of the top third of New Mexico marks the southeastern edge of its USA distribution, which covers all states west of the Great Plains. Note that the species has been often treated as P. diversifolia. Argument for the name P. glaucophylla is found in Ertter et al. (2014), as expounded in FNA.

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