Participant Info

Species

Draba aurea [Draba leiocarpa]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

golden draba

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1902

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Carnero, Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Music, North, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Grayback Mt head of road to radio tower 12 Aug 2020

Comments

Golden draba is common in the mountains, from montane to tundra, on both sides of the Valley. Its USA distribution is primarily the Rocky Mouontains, up to the Canadian border and about two-thirds of the way down the Rio Grande drainage of New Mexico. Allred, Jercinovic, and Ivey (2020) note that Drava aurea is a polyploid with genes possibly from D. helleriana and D. streptocarpa, which may contribute to the difficulties in distinguishing these three Watershed species.

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