Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Descurainia californica [Smelowskia californica]
Family
Brassicaceae
CommonName
Sierra tansymustard
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1976
LatestDate
2014
Ecosystem
montane, subalpine
Geobotanical
Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Saguache
Passes
La Manga, Wolf Creek
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
So far there are less than 15 records of Sierra tansymustard from the Watershed. Only one is from the Cristos, from Rock Creek at the north end of the range in the Watershed (Saguache Co, 1998). There are, however, a few scattered records from the Cristos of New Mexico (the flower does not follow the Rio Grande drainage farther). The majority of occurrences are in the San Juans of Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Hinsdale counties, some on the west side of the Divide, some on the east side within the Watershed. The USA distribution is centered in Nevada and Utah, with none from east of the Front Range of Colorado.