Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Liatris punctata [Lacinaria punctata]
- Family
- Asteraceae
- CommonName
- gay feather, cachana
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1978
- LatestDate
- 2000
- Ecosystem
- basin, foothill, ruderal
- Geobotanical
- NCristos, UBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- La Botica
- PhotoRecords
- Comments
- NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Gay feather has been found in only a few Watershed locations: Saguache Co, near old hot springs in the Upper Basin (1985-200); Alamosa Co, the Rio Grande floodplain in Alamosa (1988); Costilla Co, along Hwy 160 near Forbes Park, in sagebrush and rabbitbrush habitat (1978).Bye and Linares (1986) report that it used to be collected also from La Botica (on La Jara Creek, Conejos Co), and that over-grazing may have eradicated it there. Traditionally the plant was used as a remedio for stomach aches and colic. The species follows the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico from the Colorado border to Mexico, and in Texas nearly to the Gulf. Its USA range is the Rockies and Great Plains—xeric mountain sides and prairies—from Canada to Mexico.
- Annotation