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Castilleja hispida

Castilleja levisecta

harsh paintbrush
Castilleja levisecta

golden paintbrush
Habit Perennial, the stems mostly unbranched, clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 2-6 dm. tall, finely villous. Perennial, the stems several, unbranched, decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, softly sticky-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.

Leaves viscid-villous, the lower ones entire, linear-lanceolate, the upper ones oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, with1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes on the upper 1/3 of the 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.

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

bracts about the width of the upper leaves, oblong, obtuse, puberulent, with 1-3 pairs of short, lateral lobes near the apex, golden yellow;

calyx 15-18 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 linear segments;

corolla 20-23 mm. long, the upper lip slender, about 3-4 times the length of the lower lip;

stamens 4.
Fruits

Capsule.

Capsule.

Castilleja hispida

Castilleja levisecta
Flowering time April-August April-September
Habitat Grassy slopes and forest openings, from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains Meadows and prairies at low elevations.
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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Puget Sound of Washington; Vancouver Island south to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
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
C. ambigua, C. attenuata, C. cervina, C. chambersii, C. cryptantha, C. cusickii, C. elmeri, C. exserta, C. hispida, 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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