Participant Info

Species

Potentilla pulcherrima [Potentilla gracilis var. pulcherrima] [Potentilla filipes] [Potentilla diversifolia]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

beautiful cinquefoil

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine, tundra, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Veta, South, Spring Creek, Venable

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback pass 5 Aug 2021

Comments

Potentilla pulcherrima has been the most commonly collected Watershed cinquefoil, although differentiation from P. gracilis can be problematical (many records are identified as Potentilla gracilis var. pulcherrima). It occupies a range of habitats, but tends toward the xeric—flat forest openings, old stream beds, canyon flats, tundra meadows, etc. It is mainly a Rockies plant, but also occupies the Great Basin and Intermountain regions. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the border with Texas.

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