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Castilleja chromosa

Castilleja cusickii

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 chromosa

Castilleja cusickii
Flowering time April-August
Habitat Open areas, lower valleys to subalpine meadows.
Distribution
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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
Conservation status Review Group 2 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. 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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