Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Pericome caudata [Pericome glandulosa]
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
mountain tail-leaf
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1938
LatestDate
2019
Ecosystem
foothill, montane, ruderal
Geobotanical
Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos
Counties
Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
Mountain tail-leaf prefers open, rocky foothill habitat, sometimes by outcrops as in Penitente Canyon (Saguache Co), sometimes in flat alluvial soil, as in the southern approach to the Great Sand Dunes, sometimes alongside roads as on Hwy 285 south of Saguache. Pericome caudata (monospecific in the USA) follows the Rio Grande down through New Mexico into the Big Bend country of Texas. Its USA distribution is east-central California, central Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, central and southeast Colorado, and bits of west Texas.