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Castilleja angustifolia

Castilleja elmeri
Castilleja angustifolia
Castilleja elmeri

Elmer's paintbrush
Habit Perennial herb, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 1.5-3 dm. tall, usually unbranched, viscid-villous.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, usually entire, viscid-puberulent;

bracts broader than the leaves, oblong-ovate, viscid-villous, usually entire and rounded.
Flowers

Inflorescence showy, crimson to yellow, with intermediate colors not uncommon;

calyx 15-25 mm. long, equally cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 blunt segments;

corolla 20-30 mm. long, the upper lip nearly as long as the tube and 4-5 times as long as the dark green, thickened, lower lip;

stamens 4;

ovary superior.
Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja angustifolia

Castilleja elmeri
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Moist, open slopes at middle elevations to the subalpine.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington from the Wenatchee Mountains and northward; south-central British Columbia to Kittitas County in Washington.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, C. attenuata, C. cervina, C. chambersii, C. cryptantha, C. cusickii, C. elmeri, C. exserta, C. hispida, C. levisecta, C. litoralis, C. lutescens, C. miniata, C. minor, C. parviflora, C. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
C. ambigua, C. attenuata, C. cervina, C. chambersii, C. cryptantha, C. cusickii, C. exserta, C. hispida, C. levisecta, C. litoralis, C. lutescens, C. miniata, C. minor, C. parviflora, C. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
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