Castilleja pumila (Lancetillo Del Paramo)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Lancetillo Del Paramo

Description

Family Scrophulariaceae

Herbs, sometimes shrubs , rarely trees ; mostly autotrophic, less often hemiparasitic or parasitic. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, opposite, whorled , or basally opposite and apically alternate, simple or sometimes pinnately dissected . Inflorescences racemes , spikes, or thyrsoid panicles, determinate or indeterminate, or flowers solitary. Flowers perfect , usually zygomorphic, rarely actinomorphic . Calyx often persistent , (2-) 4- or 5-lobed or -parted, variously connate . Corolla sympetalous ; limb (3 or) 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped. Stamens mostly 4, didynamous , sometimes 1 or 2 staminodes present, less often 2 or 5 stamens; anther locules 1 or 2, equal or subequal , free or confluent . Nectary often present at base of ovary, ringlike, cupular, or reduced to a gland . Ovary superior, 2-loculed, rarely apically 1-loculed; ovules numerous , rarely 2 per locule, on axile placentas, anatropous or hemitropous . Style simple; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, or 2-lamellate. Fruit a capsule, septicidal , loculicidal, or septifragal, sometimes opening by pores or irregularly dehiscent , rarely a berry. Seeds minute or rarely conspicuous , sometimes winged ; testa often reticulate ; hilum lateral or ventral; endosperm fleshy or absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 220 genera and 4500 species: cosmopolitan ; 61 genera (seven endemic) and 681 species (415 endemic) throughout China but with a greater concentration in SW 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

Flowers: Flower Color: red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,657 meters (0 to 18,560 feet).[3]

Biology

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Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Lamiidae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Superorder: Lamianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Scrophulariales () - Lindley, 1833
        Family: Scrophulariaceae () - Durande, 1782, Nom. Cons. - Figwort Family
        Subfamily: Rhinanthoideae ()
        Tribe: Rhinantheae ()
        Genus: Castilleja () - Mutis ex Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 47. 1781. - Indian Paintbrush
        Specific epithet: pumila - Wedd.
        Botanical name: - Castilleja pumila

Unambiguous Synonyms

Castilleja fissifolia L. f. pumila (Benth.) Wedd. Ex Melch.
Castilleja fissifolia L. f. var. pumila (Benth.) Wedd.
Castilleja nubigena Kunth Var. pumila Benth.
Castilleja Pumila

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Castilleja

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 17, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 17, 2008:

Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9418803
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15845559
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:801121-1
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 801121-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 982718

Footnotes

Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren & Robert R. Mill "Scrophulariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
"Castilleja". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 89. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Mean = 3,858.260 meters (12,658.333 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,458.340 based on 35 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

Castilleja pumila

Common Names

Description

Family Scrophulariaceae

Genus Castilleja

Physical Description

Size/Age/Growth

Habitat

Biology

Growth

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

Similar Species

Members of the genus Castilleja

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