Participant Info

Species

Askellia pygmaea [Crepis nana]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

dwarf alpine hawksbeard

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1988

LatestDate

2005

Ecosystem

tundra

Geobotanical

Counties

Conejos, San Juan

Passes

Stony Pass, Sheep Mt

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. For dwarf alpine hawkshead, the Watershed shows just three vouchers: two from San Juan Co on Stony Pass (2005) and Sheep Mountain (2021; and one from Conejos Co (1988), “1 mi S of Green Lake, 0.5 mi N of Trail Lake," (Green Lake is just east of the Divide, on a tributary of the Conejos River). The USA distribution looks like islands throughout much of the West, suggesting the plant survived as a glacial relict. The collections from the rest of Colorado are also meagre, and the plant has not been found in New Mexico.

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