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Species
Hymenopappus filifolius
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
Columbia cutleaf, fineleaf hymenopappus
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1928
LatestDate
2021
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, sanddunes
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
Cochetopa, La Veta
WildlifePreserves
Baca, Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande
Other Localities
La Botica
Comments
Hymenopappus filifolius is common all around the Valley, in dry, rocky, foothill terrain. In the USA, it is found from the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevadas to the western Great Plains. The species has many varieties (Ackerfield 2022 lists 6 from Colorado). From the Watershed, H. filifolius var. parvulus has been recorded often between Creede and Wagon Wheel Gap in Mineral Co (1937-1988), and H. filifolius var. polycephalus a number of times from the north Cristos, La Garitas, and the south San Juans (1998-2004). But by far the most Watershed collections are of H. filifolius var. cinereus (1988-2004). Varieties aside, H. filifolius follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Mexican border but not farther on down stream