Castilleja
| Castilleja | |
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| Castilleja miniata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Pedicularideae |
| Genus: | Castilleja Mutis ex L.f. |
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About 200, see text | |
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Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia.
Symbolism
[change | change source]Castilleja linariifolia is the state flower of Wyoming.[2]
Selected species
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Castilleja affinis | Coast Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja ambigua | Paintbrush owl's clover |
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Castilleja angustifolia | Northwestern Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja annua | Annual Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja applegatei | Applegate's Indian paintbrush, wavyleaf Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja aquariensis | Aquarius Plateau Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja arachnoidea | Cobwebby Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja arvensis | ||
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Castilleja attenuata | Narrowleaf owl's clover |
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Castilleja brevistyla | |
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Castilleja campestris | vernal pool Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja caudata | Port Clarence Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja cervina | Deer Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja christii | Christ's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja chromosa | Desert Indian paintbrush, desert paintbrush |
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Castilleja cinerea | Ashgray Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet Indian paintbrush, Scarlet painted-cup |
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Castilleja cusickii | Cusick's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja densiflora | |
| Castilleja ecuadorensis | ||
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Castilleja elegans | Elegant Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja elmeri | Elmer's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja exserta | Purple owl's clover, purple Indian paintbrush, exserted Indian paintbrush, escobita, formerly in Orthocarpus |
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Castilleja foliolosa | Texas Indian paintbrush[3] |
| Castilleja fruticosa | ||
| Castilleja fulva | Elko Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja grisea | |
| Castilleja guadalupensis | (extinct) | |
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Castilleja hispida | Harsh Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja hyetophila | Coastal red Indian paintbrush | |
| Castilleja hyperborea | Northern Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf Indian paintbrush, Texas paintbrush |
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Castilleja integra | Wholeleaf Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja kaibabensis | Kaibab Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja kerryana | ||
| Castilleja lacera | ||
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Castilleja lanata | Sierra woolly Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja lasiorhyncha | ||
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Castilleja latifolia | |
| Castilleja lauta | Rosy Paintbrush | |
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Castilleja lemmonii | Lemmon's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja levisecta | Golden paintbrush |
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Castilleja linariifolia | Narrowleaf Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja lineariiloba | |
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Castilleja lutescens | Stiff yellow Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja mendocinensis | |
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Castilleja miniata | Greater red Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja minor | Smallflower Indian paintbrush, lesser Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja mollis | Softleaf Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja mutis | ||
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Castilleja nana | Alpine paintbrush |
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Castilleja neglecta | Tiburon Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja nubigena | ||
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Castilleja occidentalis | Western Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja pallescens | Pallid Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja pallida var. lapponica | Boreal Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja paramensis | ||
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Castilleja parviflora | Small-flowered Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja parvula | |
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Castilleja peirsonii | Peirson's paintbrush |
| Castilleja pilosa | ||
| Castilleja praeterita | ||
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Castilleja pruinosa | |
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Castilleja pumila | Lancetilla del Páramo |
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Castilleja purpurea | |
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Castilleja raupii | Raup's Indian paintbrush, Raup's painted-cup |
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Castilleja rhexiifolia | Rhexia-leaf Indian paintbrush, splitleaf Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja rubicundula | Cream sacs |
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Castilleja rupicola | Cliff Indian paintbrush |
| Castilleja salsuginosa | Monte Neva Indian paintbrush | |
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Castilleja schizotricha | |
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Castilleja septentrionalis | Labrador Indian paintbrush, northern paintbrush |
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Castilleja sessiliflora | Downy Indian paintbrush, downy paintbrush |
| Castilleja socorrensis | ||
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Castilleja subinclusa | |
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Castilleja suksdorfii | Suksdorf's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja sulphurea | Sulphur Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja tenuis | Hairy owl's clover |
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Castilleja thompsonii | Thompson's Indian paintbrush |
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Castilleja wightii | Wight's paintbrush |
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Castilleja unalaschcensis | Alaska Indian paintbrush |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castilleja.
Wikispecies has information on: Castilleja.
- ↑ "Genus: Castilleja Mutis ex L. f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ Wyoming Statute 8-3-104 (Title 8) Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "PLANTS Profile for Castilleja foliolosa (Texas Indian paintbrush)". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
Further reading
[change | change source]- Tomie dePaola (1988). The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush. Scholastic Books. ISBN 0-590-44706-8.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Native Plant Information Network[permanent dead link]: Listing of species in the Castilleja genus.
- Jepson Manual - taxonomic description of the genus.
