Participant Info

Species

Pedicularis racemosa

Family

Scrophulariaceae

CommonName

sickletop lousewort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1925

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, La Manga, Spring Creek, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell Mineral Co, Shaw Lake 9 Aug 2020

Comments

Sickletop lousewort has been long collected from the Watershed, from both sides of the Valley, most often found in meadows and ridges of the subalpine in association with spruce woods. These occurrences, and the ones that extend down the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico (to above Santa Fe), mark the southeast corner of the USA distribution, which ranges all the way to the northern Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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