Participant Info

Species

Oreocarya suffruticosa var. pustulosa [Oreocarya pustulosa; Oreocarya cinerea] [Cryptantha jamesii var. pustulosa]

Family

Boraginaceae

CommonName

San Juan cryptantha

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1928

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, sanddunes

Geobotanical

NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Conejos Co, saddle between Conejos River and the Rio Grande River near Hwy 142, San Luis Hills 28 July 2021

Comments

Ackerfield allows species status to this fairly distinct Oreocarya, BONAP does not. It has been most often collected in the north Cristos foothills, from the Great Sand Dunes on up through Crestone to the San Isobel Creek drainage. But there are also two recent records from the San Luis Hills E of Antonito (1999) and E of Manassa (2021). The second, a photorecord, would add Conejos to Watershed counties indicated in Ackerfield (2022). Allred et al. (2020) report the plant (as O. suffruticosa var. pustulosa) on gypsum in Santa Fe Co, New Mexico. SEINet has no records of it from Texas. Note that Pam Regensberg (2007), who found the species in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, classifies it "of special conservation concern."

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