Castilleja attenuata |
Castilleja rupicola |
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attenuate paintbrush, valley-tassels |
cliff paintbrush |
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Habit | Slender annual 1-3.5 dm. tall, the stem usually simple, the herbage with short, stiff spreading hairs throughout. | Perennial, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, unbranched, 1-2 dm. tall. |
Leaves | Leaves alternate, all cauline, narrowly lance-linear, long-tapered to the base, 2-6 cm. long, entire or the upper 3-cleft. |
Leaves alternate, finely villous, deeply divided into 3-5 divergent lobes, the lateral segments not much narrower than the mid-blade. |
Flowers | Inflorescence elongate and narrow, the bracts becoming shorter and more cleft than the leaves, white or yellowish; calyx equally lobed; corolla 1-2.5 cm. long, linear, whitish to pinkish, the lower lip more yellowish with some purple spots; teeth of the lower lip erect, slender, nearly equaling the galea |
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. |
Capsule. |
Castilleja attenuata |
Castilleja rupicola |
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Flowering time | April-June | June-August |
Habitat | Drier areas at low elevations. | Rock crevices and rocky slopes, usually above timberline. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Arizona.
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Chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington; from southern British Columbia to central Oregon.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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