Participant Info

Species

Rhodiola rhodantha [Clementsia rhodantha]

Family

Uvulariaceae

CommonName

redpod stonecrop, queen’s crown

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1918

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Janis Haswell: Rio Grande Co, wet meadow 0.5 mile S of Grayback pass 5 Aug 2021

Comments

Queen’s crown is more commonly collected than her consort, Rhodiola integrifolia—from all mountain regions of the Watershed, usually in open and mesic habitats such as beside tundra rills, in subalpine meadows, and on montane lake sides. In the USA, it has a more restricted range than does R. integrifolia, namely the Central and South Rockies of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, extending west to scattered locations in southwest Utah and northeast Arizona. It follows the Rio Grande drainage south only to Santa Fe Co, New Mexico.

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