Participant Info

Species

Castilleja rhexiifolia [Castilleja oregonensis]

Family

Orobanhaceae [Scrophulariaceae]

CommonName

splitleaf paintbrush

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2022

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell:Rio Grande Co, 2 miles S of Grayback Mt. 30 June 2017; Grayback pass 6 July 2022

Comments

Splitleaf paintbrush is often collected from the west mountain regions of the Watershed, but there is only one SEINet record from the east side (Medano Canyon, north Cristos, Saguache Co, 1975). There are a few scattered records from the Cristos of New Mexico, which mark the SE extent of the USA distribution. That distribution covers the Rocky Mountains to the Canadian border.

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