Castilleja parviflora var. albida
Castilleja parviflora var. parviflora
mountain Indian paintbrush, pale small-flower paintbrush, white Indian paintbrush, white small-flower paintbrush
small-flower Indian paintbrush, small-flower paintbrush
broadly, sometimes narrowly, lanceolate to elliptic, margins plane to ± wavy, (0–)3–5(–7)-lobed, apex acute to obtuse;
lobes ascending, lanceolate.
narrowly to broadly lanceolate or elliptic, margins plane, (3–)5–9-lobed, apex acute;
lobes spreading, linear.
distally white to cream, sometimes suffused with pink to purple, 3–5(–7)-lobed;
lobes lanceolate, arising at or above mid length.
distally magenta to pink-purple, sometimes pale orange, pink, or whitish, (3–)5(–7)-lobed;
lobes lanceolate-acuminate, arising near or above mid length.
12–20(–25) mm;
tube 8–11 mm; subequal to calyx or beak exserted, 5.5–8 mm;
abaxial lip green, brown, or yellow;
teeth white to yellow, sometimes pinkish.
12–20(–25) mm;
tube 10–12 mm;
beak exserted, 5.5–7 mm;
abaxial lip green;
teeth green.
green to purple or red, distally white to pink, 12–17(–21) mm;
abaxial clefts (6–)7–8 mm, adaxial 8–10 mm, abaxial ca. 40% of calyx length, adaxial ca. 33% of calyx length, lateral 2–6 mm, 15–25% of calyx length;
lobes triangular, apex acute, sometimes obtuse.
colored as bracts, 12–17(–20) mm;
abaxial and adaxial clefts 6–11 mm, lateral 2–6 mm, 20–35% of calyx length;
lobes narrowly triangular, apex acute.
Castilleja parviflora var. albida
Castilleja parviflora var. parviflora
Variety albida is found in the Cascade Range of southern British Columbia southward to the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington. In central British Columbia, the point of transition into var. parviflora still needs definition. Variety albida is characterized by whitish to cream bracts, although some plants in Okanogan County, Washington, have pink or purple bracts in mixed populations with white-bracted plants.
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Variety parviflora has relatively long hairs, many-lobed leaves, and a short corolla. Compared to the other varieties, it has a more boreal range, extending north to extreme southeastern Alaska and the Kluane Lake region of extreme southwestern Yukon. Specimens from northern and central British Columbia belong to this variety, but its precise southern limits and potential overlap with var. albida in southern British Columbia are still incompletely known. Plants presumably assignable to var. parviflora are also found in the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of Banff and Jasper National parks, but they were until recently rarely collected and deserve further study.
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