Participant Info

Species

Erysimum cheiranthoides

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

wormseed wallflower, treacle-mustard

Presence

YES

Status

exotic

EarliestDate

1984

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

basin, foothill

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, UBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Big Meadows Reservoir 6 July 2016

Comments

In the Watershed wormseed wallflower is an exotic plant native to Europe and Asia that, although it may be naturalizing in the Watershed, is usually found in ruderal or roadside habitats, such as the floodplain of the Rio Grande in Alamosa. It was first collected from the head waters of Sangre de Cristo Creek in Costilla Co (1900). Scattered records come from all states of the USA except for Texas and the deep South. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only to Rio Arriba Co in New Mexico.

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