Castilleja levisecta |
Castilleja sessiliflora |
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golden paintbrush |
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Habit | Perennial, the stems several, unbranched, decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, softly sticky-villous. | |
Leaves | 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. |
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Flowers | 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. |
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Fruits | Capsule. |
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Castilleja levisecta |
Castilleja sessiliflora |
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Flowering time | April-September | |
Habitat | Meadows and prairies at low elevations. | |
Distribution | Puget Sound of Washington; Vancouver Island south to the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | |
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