Participant Info

Species

Lepidium alyssoides [Lepidium montanum var. alyssoides]

Family

Brassicaceae

CommonName

mesa pepperweed, mesa pepperwort

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1898

LatestDate

2022

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban, sanddunes

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

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

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Coller, Great Sand Dunes, Rio Grande

Other Localities

La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, trailhead to Farmers trail 2.5 air miles SE of Creede 2 Aug 2021

Comments

Mesa pepperweed is common in foothills on both sides of the Watershed, but also extending down into the drier parts of the Basin and up into the higher montane. Ranging through the USA desert Southwest, it follows the Rio Grande drainage down through New Mexico and a little beyond the Big Bend country of Texas,

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