Biology:Castilleja parviflora

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Castilleja parviflora
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var. albida in the Mount Baker Wilderness
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Castilleja
Species:
C. parviflora
Binomial name
Castilleja parviflora
Bong.

Castilleja parviflora is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name mountain Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California , where it grows in high mountain habitat, including areas of alpine climate.

Description

This wildflower is a perennial herb up to about 40 centimeters tall and coated in glandular and nonglandular hairs. The leaves are a few centimeters long and lance-shaped to oblong. The inflorescence is made up of layers of bracts tipped in shades of pale yellow to bright red or pink. Between the bracts emerge the yellow-green, sometimes red-tinted, tubular flowers. Flowers bloom June to September.[1] Its habitats include gravels, talus slopes, and subalpine and alpine meadows.[2]

Varieties

There are several varieties of Castilleja parviflora:

  • C. p. var. albida - limited to British Columbia and Washington
  • C. p. var. olympica (Olympic Indian paintbrush) - limited to British Columbia and Washington
  • C. p. var. oreopola (Henry Indian paintbrush) - distributed from British Columbia to Oregon
  • C. p. var. parviflora - known from Alaska to California

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2941433 entry