Participant Info

Species

Senecio amplectens [Ligularia amplectens] [Ligularia holmii]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

showy alpine ragwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1912

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Bonito, Cochetopa, Elwood, Grayback, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Alberta Peak S of Wolf Creek Pass 9/6/2016

Comments

Recorded from all Watershed mountain ranges, Senecio amplectens is a common forest and meadow plant of the montane and subalpine (var. amplectens), and alpine (var. holmii). This is a Central and Southern Rockies ragwort, with some presence in the Intermountain region of Nevada and Utah. Of the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico, Allred et al. (2020) show only Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, and Santa Fe counties, but BONAP adds Otero Co, which may be in the drainage. Note that some authorities raise var. holmii to species level (e.g., Weber and Wittmann; Hogan and Elliot, 2022)

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