walterfertig's Identifications

Ragleaf bahia most abundant along the trail, here below South Sandia Peak, Sandia Mountain Wilderness, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Co-occurring with a similar Asteraceae Heliomeris longifolia but with dissected alternate leaves, branching mostly distally, and 4-angled achenes. Like Heliomeris longifolia is being most abundant in disturbance prone environments (e.g., trailside), and having heads of yellow-petaled flowers that lack a pappus and that mature into black achenes.

A 1x2 meter green patch of Phyllodoce empetriformis and Luetkea pectinata (outlined in blue) in an otherwise sparsely populated steep pumice scree slope climbing up from Glacier Basin to the Mount Ruth trail.

Last photo shows habitat

about 2055 m (6740 ft)