Participant Info

Species

Crepis runcinata [Psilochenia runcinata] [Crepis neomexicana] [Crepis perplexans] [Crepis petiolata]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

fiddleleaf hawk's-beard

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland

Geobotanical

Garitas, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Russell Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Russell Lakes State SWA 8 Sept 2017

Comments

Fiddleleaf hawk's-bear is a fairly common aster of saline and alkaline flats in the Valley, where it is often buried in grass. Crepis lruncinata is not found elsewhere in the Watershed. The latest record of Crepis runcinata is 2019, Alamosa Co, southwest edge of the Great Sand Dunes NPP (iNaturalist observation #193133461). In the USA it is the most widespread of hawk's-beards, ranging throughout the West and the northern Great Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico almost to the border with Mexico, but no farther.

Annotation