Participant Info

Species

Oreocarya thyrsiflora [Cryptantha thyrsiflora] [Eritrichium glomeratum] [Oreocarya hispidissima] [Oreocarya urticacea]

Family

Boraginaceae

CommonName

calcareous cryptantha

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2024

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Poncha

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, quarry trail 4.7 air miles E of Del Norte 24 June 2017; Pronghorn Ranch 4 miles south of Del Norte, 24 Aug 2024)

Comments

In the Watershed, there are 20 voucher collections of Oreocarya thyrsiflora—all from Saguache Co in the western foothills, for instance the foothill SW of Saguache (iNaturalist observation #31426800, 24 Aug 2019). Exceptions are one 1900 record from Sangre de Cristo Cr (W of Veta Pass, Costilla Co) and one 1990 record from Oak Springs of the North Cristos foothills. The photorecords around Del Norte would add Rio Grande to county records indicated in Ackerfield (2022) and BONAP (2022). The USA distribution is mainly Colorado and Wyoming, including parts of western North and South Dakota and northeast New Mexico. The location farthest down the Rio Grande drainage is Santa Fe Co, New Mexico.

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