UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Castilleja chambersii

Castilleja cusickii
Castilleja chambersii

Chambers's Indian paintbrush

Cusick's paintbrush
Habit Perennial herbs, the stems clustered, erect, unbranched, 1-6 dm. tall, with soft, sticky hairs.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, viscid-villous, the lower ones linear-lanceolate, entire; upper leaves broader, with 1-3 pair of divergent lobes above the middle;

bracts broader than the leaves, oblong, obtuse, entire or with 1-2 pairs of short lateral lobes, pale yellow or purplish.
Flowers

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

calyx 20-30 mm. long, deeply and equally cleft above and below, its primary lobes broad and rounded, usually entire;

corolla about equal to the calyx, its lower lip prominent, the upper lip densely glandular-puberulent;

stamens 4;

ovary superior.
Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja chambersii

Castilleja cusickii
Flowering time June-July April-August
Habitat Forest openings, embankments, and rock outcroppings typically where moist. Open areas, lower valleys to subalpine meadows.
Distribution
Known only from Pacific County in Washington; Pacific County, WA south to Clatsop County, OR.
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East of the Cascades in Washington; Alberta south to Montana and Wyoming, west through Idaho to northeast Oregon.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) Review Group 2 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, C. attenuata, C. cervina, 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. 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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