Participant Info

Species

Potentilla hippiana [Potentilla diffusa] [Potentilla propinqua]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

woolly cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Indian Creek, Medano, Poncha, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Brown Lakes, Coller

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Conejos Co, Osier Station 7 July 2021

Comments

Potentilla hippiana has been very often recorded in the Watershed, found in a wide variety of habitats, most commonly in the montane by creeks and lakes. There are no records from the Culebras, but many from the Cristos of New Mexico, where the species follows the Rio Grande drainage down to Mexico. It is mainly a Rockies cinquefoil, ranging from the Canadian to the Mexican border but no farther down stream. Note that the features of the plant vary widely, and it is known to hybridize with P. pulcherrima (see Potentilla hippiana X pulcherrima).

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