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Participant Info

Species
Erysimum capitatum [Cheiranthus aridus] [Cheirinia arida] [Cheirinia asperrimas] etc.
Family
Brassicaceae
CommonName
sanddune wallflower
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1878
LatestDate
2020
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, subalpine, tundra, ruderal, urban, sanddunes
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan
Passes
Carnero, Cochetopa, Cumbres, Grayback, La Veta, Mosca, Music, North, South, Spring Creek, Stony, Whiskey, Wolf Creek
WildlifePreserves
Brown Lakes, Coller
Other Localities
La Botica, Del Norte
Comments
Sanddune wallflower (misleadingly named) is ubiquitous in the Watershed, present from Basin to alpine, one of the Watershed’s most collected flowers. Its USA range is primarily west of the Great Plains, but it is adventive and scattered in many states east of the Plains. It follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Big Bend country of Texas.