Participant Info

Species

Thelesperma subnudum

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

Havajo tea

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland

Geobotanical

UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Conejos, Rio Grande

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Ridge E. of Elephant Rocks 26 June 2015

Comments

For Navajo tea there have been six Watershed collections from 1898 to 1937: "plains about Antonito" (Conejos Co, 1989), Alamosa Creek near Capulin (Conejos Co, 1935), Monte Vista (Rio Grande Co, 1937, 1939), "along roadside" (Rio Grande Co, 1939). The Watershed habitat of Thelesperma subnudum seems to be level, dry soil. The 1937 record from Monte Vista came from a “ditch bank.” So the 2015 photorecord of the species from the Elephant Rocks north of Del Norte (Rio Grande Co) would be the first from the Watershedd in nearly 75 years. The USA distribution of the species covers the Rocky Mountains and the intermountain regions of Arizona, Utah, and southern Nevada. The farthest south in the Rio Grande drainage may be Sandoval Co, New Mexico. See Annotated Page.

Annotation

Yes