Participant Info

Species

Agoseris aurantiaca

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

alpine dandelion

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Music, South, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, south slope of Bennett Mountain, 7/22/2014; Grayback pass 8/23/2019

Comments

There are many collections of Agoseris aurantiaca, from all mountain ranges of the Watershed. It is found in mountain meadows and forest openings, sometimes by roadsides. This is a Western USA flower, distributed from the Cascades to the Rockies. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the border with Texas.

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