Participant Info

Species

Pedicularis groenlandica [Oligosporus groenlandicus] [Elephantella groenlandica]

Family

Scrophulariaceae

CommonName

elephanthead lousewort, elephant’s head

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Bonito, Cumbres, Grayback, La Manga, Music, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

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

Comments

Elephanthead is the most commonly collected of Watershed louseworts, a familiar sight in all the mountain regions and passes around the Valley, by seeps, streams, wet meadows, alpine bogs, etc. The occurrences in the Rio Grande drainage partway down into New Mexico mark the southeast corner of the USA range. Little surprise that botanists have proposed new genera for this distinctive member of the broomrape family.

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