Biology:Castilleja subinclusa

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Castilleja subinclusa
C. subinclusa ssp. franciscana
Conservation status
Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Castilleja
Species:	C. subinclusa
Binomial name
Castilleja subinclusa Greene

Castilleja subinclusa is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common names longleaf Indian paintbrush and Franciscan paint brush.

It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in a number of habitat types including chaparral.

Description

Castilleja subinclusa is a spreading perennial herb which can exceed a meter tall. It is gray-green to purple in herbage color, and usually hairy. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is up to 40 centimeters long and is made up of long, pointed bracts tipped in bright red-orange to deep red. Between the colorful bracts appear lighter flowers, which are yellow-green to pinkish and hairy.

Subspecies

Subspecies, which generally do not occur together, include:

• Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana — Franciscan paintbrush — endemic to the coastline surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Castilleja subinclusa ssp. subinclusa — long leaf paintbrush, longleaf Indian paintbrush — in the Transverse Ranges, Inner South California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Southern Sierra Nevada.

External links

• Calflora: Castilleja subinclusa (Franciscan Paint Brush, longleaf Indian paintbrush)
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Photo gallery

Wikidata ☰ Q5049929 entry