Participant Info

Species

Sibbaldia procumbens [Potentilla sibbaldii]

Family

Rosaceae

CommonName

creeping sibbaldia

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1934

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Elwood, Grayback, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback Mt 23 Aug 2019

Comments

Sibbaldia procumbens has been observed often in the Watershed, from all mountain regions, upper montane to tundra, usually growing in open terrain. It is a highly successful plant, present in all mountain ranges of the western USA states (also in the northern hemisphere around the world). However, it follows the Rio Grande drainage only down to Santa Fe Co, New Mexico. Note that taxonomists have argued that the genus Sibbaldia belongs in Potentilla, but currents most authorities keep the two genera separate (FNA, BONAP, Allred et al., Ackerfield).

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