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Castilleja attenuata

Castilleja uliginosa

attenuate paintbrush, valley-tassels
Habit Slender annual 1-3.5 dm. tall, the stem usually simple, the herbage with short, stiff spreading hairs throughout.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, all cauline, narrowly lance-linear, long-tapered to the base, 2-6 cm. long, entire or the upper 3-cleft.

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

Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja attenuata

Castilleja uliginosa
Identification notes Has thinner, narrower, and more pointed leaves than var. dixoni, and is found at middle to high elevations in the mountains.
Flowering time April-June May-September
Habitat Drier areas at low elevations. Meadows, grasslands, forest openings, and slopes at moderate elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Arizona.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes region.
Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, 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. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
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