Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Erigeron grandiflorus [Erigeron simplex] [Erigeron leucotrichus] [Erigeron uniflorus]
- Family
- Asteraceae
- CommonName
- Rocky Mountain alpine daisy
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1922
- LatestDate
- 2019
- Ecosystem
- subalpine, tundra
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan
- Passes
- Bonito, Elwood, Grayback, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek, Venable
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- PhotoRecords
- YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, tundra, Grayback pass 21 Aug 2014, 16 Aug 2017; 8 July 2019
- Comments
- Whether as Erigeron grandiflorus or E. simplex, alpine fleabane may be the most widely collected higher-elevation species Erigeron in the Watershed, found in the subalpine and tundra of all mountain ranges. It is present in the Rocky Mountains from the Canadian border to Santa Fe Co, New Mexico, as well as scattered locations in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Note that sometimes diploid populations have been treated as E. simplex and triploid populations as E. grandiflorus, but recent authorities (FNA, BONAP, Ackerfield) treat them both as E. grandiflorus, finding little consistent morphological or geographical evidence to separate the two ploidal races. Note also that this species is quite variable. It ranges in height from three to nine inches, and its basal leaves range from hairy to glabrous.
- Annotation