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Species

Senecio fremontii [Senecio blitoides] [Senecio carthamoides] [Senecio fremontii var. blitoides]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

dwarf mountain ragwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

1918

Ecosystem

subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Elwood, Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Wheeler

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Hunters Lake, 11 air miles SWW of South Fork, 8 Aug 2014

Comments

This dwarf ragwort of the tundra is common on open slopes of subalpine and alpine zones, recorded from all mountain regions of the Watershed. This is a western USA species, and Colorado and New Mexico mark its south-eastern limits. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Santa Fe Co, New Mexico. Our species belongs to var. blitoides, which is sometimes accorded species status as Senecio blitoides'

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