UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Castilleja angustifolia

Castilleja rupicola
Castilleja angustifolia
Castilleja rupicola

cliff paintbrush
Habit Perennial, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, unbranched, 1-2 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, finely villous, deeply divided into 3-5 divergent lobes, the lateral segments not much narrower than the mid-blade.
Flowers

Inflorescence showy, short and few-flowered, bright scarlet or crimson;

bracts villous, 5-parted, much shorter than the flowers;

calyx 15-25 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 segments 1-5 mm. long;

corolla 25-35 mm. long, the upper lip equal or longer than the tube and many times longer than the dark green, thickened, lower lip;

stamens 4.
Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja angustifolia

Castilleja rupicola
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Rock crevices and rocky slopes, usually above timberline.
Distribution
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Chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington; from southern British Columbia to central Oregon.
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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. elmeri, C. exserta, C. hispida, C. levisecta, C. litoralis, C. lutescens, C. miniata, C. minor, C. parviflora, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
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