Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Erigeron aphanactis [Erigeron concinnus var. aphanactis]
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
rayless shaggy leabane
Presence
Maybe
Status
native
EarliestDate
1898
LatestDate
1898
Ecosystem
basin
Geobotanical
LBasin
Counties
Conejos
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Erigeron aphanactis has one Watershed record, 1898, “plains about Antonito”—originally identified as E. aphanactis, changed later to E. concinnus, finally re-affirmed as E. aphanactis in 1943. The habitat is right, which is dry salt shrub. If correctly determined, the collection would represent the only location in the Rio Grande drainage, as well as the farthest east of the USA distribution. That range is centered in Nevada and Utah, including parts of of California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, western New Mexico, and the San Juan River drainage of Colorado. Is this species still present in the Watershed?