Participant Info

Species

Descurainia incana [Descurainia richardsonii] [Sisymbrium incanum] [Sophia procera]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

mountain tansy mustard

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1928

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback Pass, road side, fruit partially dehisced 8/5/2021

Comments

Often collected in the western mountains of the Watershed, Descurainia incana has also occasionally been recorded from the lower slopes of the north Cristos and the Upper Basin in the vicinity of Alamosa and Ft. Garland. This range in elevation is typical of Descurainia incana. It is present in all states west of the Great Plains except for , an follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico nearly to the Mexican border, but no farther.

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