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Castilleja hispida

harsh paintbrush
Habit Perennial, the stems mostly unbranched, clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 2-6 dm. tall, finely villous.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, lanceolate or broader, finely villous, the lower ones entire and reduced; upper leaves with 1-2 pairs of lateral lobes, these much narrower than the mid-blade.
Flowers

Inflorescence showy, short and broad, becoming elongate, scarlet or red, occasionally yellow;

bracts broad and deeply 3- to 5-lobed;

calyx 15-30 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 segments;

corolla 20-40 mm. long, its puberulent upper lip about equaling the tube, the lower lip only 1/5 as long, dark green, thickened;

stamens 4.
Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja hispida
Flowering time April-August
Habitat Grassy slopes and forest openings, from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to southwestern Alberta and Montana.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. ambigua, C. attenuata, C. cervina, C. chambersii, C. cryptantha, C. cusickii, C. elmeri, C. exserta, C. levisecta, C. litoralis, C. lutescens, C. miniata, C. minor, C. parviflora, C. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
Subordinate taxa
C. hispida var. acuta, C. hispida var. hispida
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