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Castilleja parviflora var. olympica

Castilleja parviflora
Castilleja parviflora var. olympica

Olympic paintbrush

small-flowered paintbrush
Habit Perennial, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 1.5-3 dm. tall, unbranched, nearly glabrous.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, usually glabrous, divided into 3-5 divergent lobes, the lateral segments much narrower than the mid-blade.
Flowers

Inflorescence showy, rose-colored to magenta, or whitish, short and compact, later elongating;

bracts villous, 3- to 5-parted, about as long as the flowers;

calyx 12-20 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 segments up to 6 mm. long;

corolla 15-25 mm. long, the upper lip about as long as the tube, and 3-5 times the length of the dark green, thickened lower lip;

stamens 4.
Fruits

Capsule.

Castilleja parviflora var. olympica

Castilleja parviflora
Flowering time June - September June-September
Habitat Subalpine meadows and forest openings at high elevations. Subalpine meadows and forest openings at high elevations.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Alberta.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. parviflora var. albida, C. parviflora var. oreopola
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. rupicola, C. suksdorfii, C. tenuis, C. thompsonii, C. victoriae
Subordinate taxa
C. parviflora var. albida, C. parviflora var. olympica, C. parviflora var. oreopola
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