Participant Info

Species

Hymenoxys grandiflora [Rydbergia grandiflora] [Tetraneuris grandilora]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

old-man-of-the-mountain

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1874

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan

Passes

Elwood, Stony, Wolf Creek, Slumgullion

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, saddle between Poison and Bennett Pks 19 June 2017

Comments

In the Watershed Hymenoxys grandiflora has been much more collected than H. brandegeei. It is found much more often in the San Juans than the Cristos. It prefers subalpine and tundra exposed ridges and rock outcrops. It is a species of the Central and Southern Rockies, not extending south in the Rio Grande drainage farther than the northern counties of New Mexico.

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