Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Gnaphalium palustre
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
western marsh cudweed
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1896
LatestDate
2017
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill
Geobotanical
Garitas, UBasin, LBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Baca, Blanca Wetlands
Other Localities
Comments
Although ollected much less often in the Watershed than Gnaphalium exilifolium, G. palustre prefers the same habitats: floodplains, seeps, “moist open ground,” dried pond and lake margins—although generally at lower elevations. In the USA western marsh cudweed is more widely spread than G. exilifolium, found in all states west of the plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Sandoval Co, New Mexico.