Participant Info

Species

Viola renifolia [Viola palustris] [Viola macloskeyi]

Family

Violaceae

CommonName

kidney-leaved violet

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1948

LatestDate

2004

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSanjuans

Counties

Conejos, Rio Grande, San Juan

Passes

Cumbres, La Manga

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED PHOTO RECORDS. There are only four Watershed vouchers of the higher-elevation Viola renifolia: Conejos Co, “edge of lake” (1948); Conejos Co, mattress bog of a summit pond, Cumbres Pass (Weber, 1965); Rio Grande Co, south of Del Norte Peak (2003); San Juan Co, saddle between Sheep and Greenhalgh Mountains (2004). These mark the very southern edge of the USA distribution. This violet has very scattered records from the Rockies, quite separate from an Eastern population around the Great Lakes and northern New England. The Watershed locations are the only ones in the entire Rio Grande drainage. Note that V. renifolia, V. palustris, and V. macloskeyi are easily confounded.

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