Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Mertensia lateriflora
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- CommonName
- Alpine bluebells
- Presence
- yes
- Status
- EarliestDate
- 2009
- LatestDate
- 2023
- Ecosystem
- montane
- Geobotanical
- Garitas, SSanjuans
- Counties
- Mineral, Saguache
- Passes
- Poncha
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. There is only one voucher of Mertensia lateriflora from the Watershed, but the collector and determiner was Mare Nazaire, Mertensia specialist. The location was the Wagon Wheel Gap in Mineral Co, at the junction of Hwy 149 and FR 600 (Pool Table Road), in July of 2009. One additional and later record dates from 25 May 2023, the location near Poncha pass (Saguache Co), iNaturallist observation #163689835. The species has been recorded from the Gunnison River drainage, and may be one of those flowers (such as Aliciella penstemonoides) that cross the National Divide via the Rio Grande and Gunnison watersheds. M. lateriflora is a Colorado endemic and has also been found in Chaffee, Park, and Larimer counties.
- Annotation