Burke: Castilleja levisecta vs. Castilleja victoriae

	Castilleja levisecta	Castilleja victoriae
	golden paintbrush	Victoria's paintbrush
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.
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.
Fruits	Capsule.

	Castilleja levisecta	Castilleja victoriae
Flowering time	April-September	May-June
Habitat	Meadows and prairies at low elevations.	Seasonally moist balds.
Distribution	Puget Sound of Washington; Vancouver Island south to the Willamette Valley of Oregon. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	San Juan Islands in WA; Victoria, B.C. [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Threatened in Washington (WANHP)	Endangered in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	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	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
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Castilleja levisecta

Castilleja victoriae

golden paintbrush

Victoria's paintbrush

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.

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.

Fruits

Capsule.