Participant Info

Species

Osmorhiza depauperata [Osmorhiza obtusa] [Washingtonia obtusa]

Family

Apiaceae

CommonName

blunt sweet cicely

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Cumbres, Hayden, Music

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell, Mineral Co, Tucker Ponds 23 July 2019

Comments

By far, blunt sweet cicely is the most common Osmorhiza in the Watershed, both west and east, found in forest understory. The USA range of the western Rockies considerably overlaps with O. berteroi, from which O. depauperata is distinguished by the blunt tip of its frluit (hence its common name). The farthest down stream this species has been found in the Rio Grande drainage is Sierra Co, New Mexico.

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