Participant Info

Species

Helianthella parryi

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

Parry’s little sunflower

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras

Counties

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

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Cumbres, La Veta

WildlifePreserves

Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Pool Table Road 2 air miles NE of Wagon Wheel Gap 1 Aug 2014; Rio Grande Co, Bear Cr trailhead 13 air miles SW of Del Norte 23 Aug 2019

Comments

Around the Watershed, Parry's little sunflower is common from foothill to upper montane, but there are no collections from the north Cristos and only one from the Culebras (except around the La Veta Pass area). In the USA, Helianthella parryi's distribution is confined to central and south Colorado, New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and (rarely) Arizona. It follows the Rio Grande drainage to Socorro Co, New Mexico, but no farther down stream.

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