Participant Info

Species

Viola rafinesquii [Viola biflora]

Family

Violaceae

CommonName

Arctic yellow violet, alpine yellow violet

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1998

LatestDate

1999

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Saguache

Passes

Music

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Viola rafinesquii [traditionally known as Viola bicolor] is a high-altitude violet endemic to Colorado, usually found in the Front Range. Of the four Watershed vouchers, three are from the east side of the Valley (1998-1999). Two of them from Alamosa Co near south Zapata lake, and one from Saguache Co, “up Sand Creek from Music Pass to Peak.” A fourth record (1983) possibly is misidentified, from a "ditchbank" 7 miles SW of Alamosa, although this location lies within the elevation range given by Ackerfield. The Watershed locations, of course, would be the only ones within the entire Rio Grande drainage.

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