Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Physaria acutifolia
- Family
- Brassicacea
- CommonName
- sharpleaf twinpod
- Presence
- Yes
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1994
- LatestDate
- 2024
- Ecosystem
- foothill, montane
- Geobotanical
- Garitas, NCristos
- Counties
- Mineral, Saguache
- Passes
- North
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- Although Physaria acutifolia is quite common west of the Divide, it is an uncommon Physaria in the Watershed, with only eight records, six from Mineral Co between Creede and Wagon Wheel Gap, one from below Valley View Hot Springs in the northern Cristos (Saguache Co), and one from North Cochetopa pass (Saguache Co—see iNaturalist observation #227014830, 3 July 2024). The last accompanies occurrences just a mile west of the pass (Haswell, 22 June 2017, iNaturalist). The USA distribution of the species covers the Southern and Central Rockies and the Intermountain region. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico. Note that P. acutifolia and P. floribunda, both double bladderpods, can be easily confused, and that they are sympatric around the Creede area in Mineral Co. Note also that the petiole of the basal leaves of P. acutifolia is sometimes winged (FNA), but not as deeply notched as in P. floribunda.
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