Participant Info

Species

Townsendia exscapa [Aster exscapus] [Townsendia sericea]

Family

Asteraceae

CommonName

stemless Easter daisy, stemless Townsend's daisy

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1947

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, San Francisco Cr. trailhead 26 April 2014; 12 June 2014

Comments

Stemless Easter daisy is common locally (e.g., the San Juan foothills S and E of Del Norte). Its Watershed distribution is restricted to the south San Juans and the north Cristos between the Sand Dunes and slopes of Mt. Blanca (3 records). In the USA the species ranges from the desert Southwest through the Rockies into the western Great Plains. It has been recorded from the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the Big Bend country of Texas.

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