Castilleja oresbia

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Orobanchaceae

Herbs annual , biennial, or perennial parasites, without chlorophyll. Stems unbranched or sometimes branched. Leaves scalelike, spirally or subimbricately arranged. Inflorescences racemose, spicate , or subcapitate , rarely 1-flowered; bract 1, usually similar to leaves; bractlets 2, adnate to base of calyx or pedicel. Flowers bisexual , subsessile or pedicelled. Calyx tubular, cupular, or campanulate , (3 or) 4-6-lobed, 2-6-parted, 6-toothed, or spathelike, sometimes absent or of 3 free sepals. Corolla bilabiate, usually curved , sometimes tubular-campanulate or funnelform with 5 subequal lobes ; upper lip entire, emarginate , or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous , inserted at base of corolla tube ; filaments slender; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, sometimes 1 cell fertile and another sterile or reduced to spur. Pistil 2- or 3-carpellate; ovary superior; placentas 2-4 or 6(-10), parietal or sometimes axile at ovary base; ovules 2-4 or numerous , anatropous . Style long; stigma inflated , discoid , peltate, or 2-4-lobed. Capsule usually dehiscing loculicidally by 2 or 3(or 4) valves . Seeds minute, testa pitted or reticulate .

About 15 genera and 150 species: North Temperate regions , less represented in Africa, America, Asia, and Australia; nine genera and 42 species (nine endemic) in China.[1]

Genus Castilleja

Herbs, annuals or perennials , rarely shrubs , hemiparasitic. Spikes or racemes terminal ; bracts leaflike, often broader than leaves, variously colored , entire or lobed . Calyx tubular , base often gibbous abaxially, 2- or 4-lobed, median clefts usually deeper than lateral . Corolla tube included in calyx; limb conspicuously 2-lipped; lower lip short, patent , 3-lobed; upper lip elongated, rostrate apex entire. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers enclosed by upper lip. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds numerous , minute; seed coat transparent, foveolate.

About 200 species: mainly in W North America, about ten species in N Asia and E Europe; one species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Castilleja

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 174 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis litoralis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis neglecta (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis subsp. litoralis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis subsp. neglecta (Tiburon Indian Paintbrush) · C. ambigua (Ambiguous Indian Paintbrush) · C. ambigua humboldtiensis (Johnny-Nip) · C. ambigua insalutata (Johnny-Nip) · C. ambigua subsp. humboldtiensis (Humboldt Bay Owl's-Clover) · C. ambigua subsp. insalutata (Johnny-Nip) · C. angustifolia (Desert Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. angustifolia (Northwestern Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. flavescens (Narrow-Leaved Indian Paintbrush) · C. annua (Annual Indian-Paintbrush) · C. applegatei (Applegates Paintbrush) · C. applegatei applegatei var. applegatei (Wavy-Leaf Paintbrush) · C. applegatei martinii (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. applegatei pinetorum (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. applegatei subsp. disticha (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. applegatei subsp. martinii (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. applegatei subsp. pallida (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. applegatei subsp. pinetorum (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. aquariensis (Aquarius Indian Paintbrush) · C. arachnoidea (Cobweb Paintbrush) · C. arvensis (Field Indian Paintbrush) · C. attenuata (Attenuate Indian Paintbrush) · C. austromontana (Rincon Indian Paintbrush) · C. brevistyla (Short-Style Owl's-Clover) · C. campestris (Field Owl's-Clover) · C. campestris succulenta (Fleshy Owl's-Clover) · C. campestris subsp. succulenta (Succulent Owl's-Clover) · C. caudata (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. auricoma (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. caudata (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. cervina (Deer Indian Paintbrush) · C. chlorotica (Green-Tinged Indian Paintbrush) · C. christii (Christ's Indian Paintbrush) · C. chrymactis (Green Indian Paintbrush) · C. chrysantha (Common Wallowa Indian-Paintbrush) · C. cinerea (Ash Grey Indian Paintbrush) · C. coccinea (Indian Paintbrush) · C. covilleana (Coville Indian-Paintbrush) · C. crista-galli (Greater Red Indian-Paintbrush) · C. cryptantha (Obscure Indian Paintbrush) · C. cusickii (Cusick's Indian Paintbrush) · C. densiflora (Denseflower Indian Paintbrush) · C. densiflora gracilis (Denseflower Indian Paintbrush) · C. densiflora obispoensis (Obispo Indian Paintbrush) · C. densiflora subsp. gracilis (Denseflower Indian Paintbrush) · C. densiflora subsp. obispoensis (Obispo Indian Paintbrush) · C. dissitiflora (Mount Hamilton Paintbrush) · C. disticha disticha (Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. elegans (Elegant Indian Paintbrush) · C. elmeri (Elmer Indian-Paintbrush) · C. exserta (Exserted Indian Paintbrush) · C. exserta exserta (Exserted Indian Paintbrush) · C. exserta venusta (Purple Owl's Clover) · C. exserta subsp. latifolia (Wideleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. exserta subsp. venusta (Exserted Indian Paintbrush) · C. flava (Yellow Indian Paintbrush) · C. flava var. flava (Yellow Indian Paintbrush) · C. flava var. rustica (Country Indian Paintbrush) · C. foliolosa (Texas Indian Paintbrush) · C. fraterna (Fraternal Indian Paintbrush) · C. fulva (Elko Indian Paintbrush) · C. genevievana (Genevieve's Indian Paint-Brush) · C. glandulifera (Gland Indian Paintbrush) · C. gracilis (Denseflower Indian Paintbrush) · C. grisea (San Clemente Island Indian Paintbrush) · C. haydenii (Hayden's Indian Paintbrush) · C. hispida (Harsh Indian Paintbrush) · C. hispida brevilobata (Harsh Indian Paintbrush) · C. hispida subsp. acuta (Acute Indian Paintbrush) · C. hispida subsp. brevilobata (Short-Lobe Indian Paintbrush) · C. hyetophila (Coastal Red Indian Paintbrush) · C. hyperborea (Northern Indian Paintbrush) · C. indivisa (Entire-Leaf Indian-Paintbrush) · C. integra (Squawfeather) · C. integra var. gloriosa (Squawfeather) · C. integra var. integra (Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush) · C. kaibabensis (Kaibab Indian Paintbrush) · C. kuschei (Kusche's Indian Paintbrush) · C. lacera (Cut-Leaf Owl's-Clover) · C. lanata (Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush) · C. lanata lanata (Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush) · C. lanata subsp. hololeuca (Whitefelt Indian Paintbrush) · C. lasiorhyncha (San Bernardino Mountains Indian Paintbrush) · C. latifolia (Monterey Coast Indian-Paintbrush) · C. lemmonii (Lemmon's Indian Paintbrush) · C. levisecta (Golden Indian Paintbrush) · C. linariifolia (Wyoming Indian Paintbrush) · C. lineariiloba (Pallid Owl's-Clover) · C. lineariloba (Pale Owls Clover) · C. lineata (Marsh-Meadow Indian Paintbrush) · C. lutescens (Stiff Yellow Indian Paintbrush) · C. mendocinensis (Mendocino Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. mexicana (Mexican Indian Paintbrush) · C. miniata (Giant Red Indian Paintbrush) · C. miniata elata (Siskiyou Indian Paintbrush)

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Further Reading

• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 826, p. 828.
• Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url p. 72.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 382.
• Zhang Zhiyun. 1990. Orobanchaceae. In: Wang Wentsai, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 69: 69-124.
• Tsoong Puchiu & Yang Hanbi, eds. 1979. Scrophulariaceae (1). Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 1-431. Tsoong Puchiu, ed. 1963. Scrophulariaceae (2). Fl. Reipulb. Popularis Sin. 68: 1-449.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655622
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33151
• GRIN Nomen Number: 448112
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33151
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 49635-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSCR0D2A0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CAOR4
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 28889

Footnotes

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Nikolai N. Tzvelev "Orobanchaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 229. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Castilleja". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 89. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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