Burke: Castilleja angustifolia vs. Castilleja levisecta

	Castilleja angustifolia	Castilleja levisecta
		golden paintbrush
Habit		Perennial, the stems several, unbranched, decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, softly sticky-villous.
Leaves		Leaves viscid-villous, the lower ones entire, linear-lanceolate, the upper ones oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, with1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes on the upper 1/3 of the blade.
Flowers		Inflorescence straight and upright, becoming elongate, the flowers remote and hidden by the overlapping bracts; bracts about the width of the upper leaves, oblong, obtuse, puberulent, with 1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes near the apex, golden yellow; calyx 15-18 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 linear segments; corolla 20-23 mm. long, the upper lip slender, about 3-4 times the length of the lower lip; stamens 4.
Fruits		Capsule.

	Castilleja angustifolia	Castilleja levisecta
Flowering time		April-September
Habitat		Meadows and prairies at low elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Puget Sound of Washington; Vancouver Island south to the Willamette Valley of Oregon. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
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. elmeri, C. exserta, C. hispida, C. litoralis, C. lutescens, C. miniata, C. minor, C. parviflora, C. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Castilleja angustifolia

Castilleja levisecta

golden paintbrush

Habit

Perennial, the stems several, unbranched, decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, softly sticky-villous.

Leaves

Leaves viscid-villous, the lower ones entire, linear-lanceolate, the upper ones oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, with1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes on the upper 1/3 of the blade.

Flowers

Inflorescence straight and upright, becoming elongate, the flowers remote and hidden by the overlapping bracts;

bracts about the width of the upper leaves, oblong, obtuse, puberulent, with 1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes near the apex, golden yellow;

calyx 15-18 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 linear segments;

corolla 20-23 mm. long, the upper lip slender, about 3-4 times the length of the lower lip;

stamens 4.

Fruits

Capsule.