Participant Info

Species

Packera dimorphophylla [Packera crocata]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

two-leaf groundsel

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1945

LatestDate

2018

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Manga, Music, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell, Rio Grande Co, near Elwood Pass 9 June 2016; Mineral Co, Shaw Lake July 6 2018

Comments

In the Watershed two-leaf groudsel is a common tundra flower on both sides of the Valley. At times it ranges down into the montane. Packera dimorphophylla has not been recorded from the Culebras, although there are a number of collections from the Cristos just south in New Mexico. The USA distribution covers north New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, northeast Nevada, and parts of Idaho and south Montana. It does not follow the Rio Grande drainage past Taos Co, New Mexico.

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