species 600 observations
Alpine Sheep Sorrel
Rumex paucifolius
Field notes
Rumex paucifolius is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family known by the common name alpine sheep sorrel.
It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist areas in mountainous habitat, up to areas of alpine climate.
Rumex gracilescens is a variant endemic to Turkey. It was on the IUCN Species Survival Commissions 1997 Red List of Threatened Plants.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Lustrous Copper, Gem Moth, Pink-barred Pseudeustrotia Moth, Topiary Grass-veneer
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Waterlily Leaf Beetle, Blue Dock Beetle
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
White-tailed Ptarmigan, American Robin, Chipping Sparrow, Redpoll
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Margined Calligrapher
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.