Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Erigeron compositus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- CommonName
- alpine daisy
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1900
- LatestDate
- 2021
- Ecosystem
- montane, subalpine, tundra
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan
- Passes
- Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- Erigeron compositus is a mid to high elevation fleabane, not uncommon in the Watershed, found on both east and west mountain ranges, fond of rocky crevices. Its dissected leaves and thick caudex branches are distinctive. It is not recorded from the Culebras, although it may be present there given a collection from the Cristos of the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico, which marks the south-eastern point of its USA distribution. That distribution covers all states W of the Great Plains as well as far west North and South Dakota. Note that with observation of the roots, E. compositus may be confused with E. vagus, whose leaf tips, however, are more rounded, and whose leaf lobes are much more consistently 3 in number (whereas those of E. compositus range from 1 to 4).
- Annotation