Castilleja parviflora var. olympica |
Castilleja parviflora var. albida |
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Olympic Indian paintbrush, Olympic Mountains paintbrush, Olympic paintbrush |
mountain Indian paintbrush, pale small-flower paintbrush, white Indian paintbrush, white small-flower paintbrush |
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Habit | Herbs 1.2–3.2 dm. | Herbs 0.6–2.7 dm. |
Leaves | broadly lanceolate, rarely linear, margins plane, (0–)3(–5)-lobed, apex narrowly acute to acuminate; lobes spreading, linear to lanceolate, lateral lobes nearly as long as terminal. |
broadly, sometimes narrowly, lanceolate to elliptic, margins plane to ± wavy, (0–)3–5(–7)-lobed, apex acute to obtuse; lobes ascending, lanceolate. |
Bracts | distally pink-purple, magenta, deep rose, or crimson, rarely white, 3–7-lobed; lobes lanceolate, arising near to above mid length. |
distally white to cream, sometimes suffused with pink to purple, 3–5(–7)-lobed; lobes lanceolate, arising at or above mid length. |
Corollas | 12–20(–25) mm; tube 8.5–19 mm; beak exserted, (5.5–)7–9(–11) mm; abaxial lip green; teeth green. |
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. |
Calyces | deep purple with magenta or light pink lobes, 13–20(–28) mm; abaxial clefts 6.5–12 mm, adaxial 7–15 mm, lateral 2–8 mm, 10–35% of calyx length; lobes narrowly triangular, apex acute to obtuse. |
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. |
Castilleja parviflora var. olympica |
Castilleja parviflora var. albida |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering (Jun–)Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry to moist meadows, forest openings, ridges, subalpine to lower alpine. | Moist to wet meadows, snowmelt streams, receding shorelines, subalpine to lower alpine. |
Elevation | 1000–1600 m. [3300–5200 ft.] | 1200–2500 m. [3900–8200 ft.] |
Distribution |
WA; BC |
WA; BC |
Discussion | Variety olympica is essentially endemic to the upper elevations of the Olympic Mountains, in northwestern Washington, though a handful of collections from high elevations on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, are also referable to this form. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 641. | FNA vol. 17, p. 641. |
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Synonyms | C. olympica, C. oreopola subsp. olympica | C. oreopola subsp. albida |
Name authority | (G. N. Jones) Ownbey: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 317. (1959) | (Pennell) Ownbey: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 317. (1959) |
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