Castilleja chromosa |
Castilleja elmeri |
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Elmer's paintbrush |
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Habit | Perennial herb, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 1.5-3 dm. tall, usually unbranched, viscid-villous. | |
Leaves | Leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, usually entire, viscid-puberulent; bracts broader than the leaves, oblong-ovate, viscid-villous, usually entire and rounded. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence showy, crimson to yellow, with intermediate colors not uncommon; calyx 15-25 mm. long, equally cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 blunt segments; corolla 20-30 mm. long, the upper lip nearly as long as the tube and 4-5 times as long as the dark green, thickened, lower lip; stamens 4; ovary superior. |
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Fruits | Capsule. |
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Castilleja chromosa |
Castilleja elmeri |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Moist, open slopes at middle elevations to the subalpine. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington from the Wenatchee Mountains and northward; south-central British Columbia to Kittitas County in Washington.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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