Participant Info

Species

Packera multilobata [Senecio multilobatus] [Senecio leucoreus] [Senecio lynceus] etc.

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

lobeleaf groundsel

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1976

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas

Counties

Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Cochetopa

WildlifePreserves

San Luis Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell, Mineral Co, Big Meadows Reservoir 6 July 2016

Comments

Packera multilobata is uncommon in the Watershed, with only four records: San Luis Lakes SWA (1930, 1991); Hat Springs (Conejos Co, 1976); Cochetopa pass (Saguache Co, 1987); and 13 miles SW of South Fork (Rio Grande Co, 2003). In Colorado, the species is primary a west-slope plant, and in the USA it abounds in central and southern Western states. It has been recorded from Rio Arriba and Taos counties of New Mexico, and then farther down the Rio Grande drainage in Otero Co, the farthest down stream the species goes. Note that this is a variable species, whose distinctive features (e.g., hairiness of leaves) change with the habitat.

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