Participant Info

Species

Rudbeckia lacinata [Rudbeckia latissima] [Rudbeckia ampla]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

goldenglow coneflower

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1929

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Beaver Cr campground W of South Fork 12 July 2017

Comments

Of goldenglow coneflower there are no records north of the Great Sand Dunes, on either side of the Valley. The plant needs a relatively wet habitat, which may explain why most of the Basin records come from the Lower Basin—and also why the USA distribution is disjunct, with concentrations in the East and in the Rockies, but not in the central Plains, Texas, California, Nevada, etc. Our species is Rudbeckia lacinata var. ampla. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the border with Mexico, but no farther down stream.

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