Participant Info

Species

Grindelia squarrosa [Donia squarrosa] [Grindelia aphanactis] [Grindelia nuda] etc.

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

curly-top gumweed

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1937

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguace Co, Villa Grove, side of Hwy 285, 13 Aug 2013; Del Norte, Rio Grande Co, by defunct railroad tracks 28 Aug 2016

Comments

Curlycup gumweed is collected from all around the Watershed in the Basin and foothills, often in disturbed ground such as road and highway ditches. In the USA, Grindelia squarrosa is the most common of gumweeds, found in all Western and Plains states and scattered on eastward. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Big Bend country of Texas and maybe beyond.

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