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Castilleja affinis insularis

Description

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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.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.

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."Castilleja". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 89. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Castilleja

There are approximately 550 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. adenophora · C. affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis affinis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis insularis · C. affinis litoralis (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis neglecta (Coast Indian Paintbrush) · C. affinis subsp. litoralis · C. affinis subsp. neglecta · C. affinis var. linariaefolia · C. affinis var. minor · C. affins · C. agginis · C. agrestis · C. albobarbata · C. alpicola · C. altorum · C. ambigua (Ambiguous Indian Paintbrush) · C. ambigua humboldtiensis (Johnny-Nip) · C. ambigua insalutata · C. ambigua subsp. humboldtiensis · C. ambigua subsp. insalutata · C. ampliflora · C. anacapensis · C. andrewsii · C. angustata · C. angustiflolia · C. angustifolia (Desert Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia abbreviata · C. angustifolia bradburii · C. angustifolia hispida · C. angustifolia subsp. abbreviata · C. angustifolia subsp. bradburii · C. angustifolia subsp. hispida · C. angustifolia var. abbreviata · C. angustifolia var. adenophora · C. angustifolia var. angustifolia (Northwestern Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. collina · C. angustifolia var. flavescens (Narrow-Leaved Indian Paintbrush) · C. angustifolia var. subcinerea · C. annua (Annual Indian-Paintbrush) · C. anthemidifolia · C. applegatei (Applegates Paintbrush) · C. applegatei applegatei · C. applegatei applegatei var. applegatei · C. applegatei disticha · C. applegatei martinii · C. applegatei pallida · C. applegatei pinetorum · C. applegatei subsp. disticha · C. applegatei subsp. martinii · C. applegatei subsp. pallida · C. applegatei subsp. pinetorum · C. aquariensis (Aquarius Indian Paintbrush) · C. arachnoidea (Cobweb Paintbrush) · C. arachnoidea schizotricha · C. arapahoensis · C. arctica · C. arctica subsp. vorkutensis · C. arctica vorkutensis · C. arcuata · C. ardifera · C. arvensis (Field Indian Paintbrush) · C. aspera · C. attenuata (Attenuate Indian Paintbrush) · C. aurantiaca · C. aurea · C. auriculata · C. auriculata var. verecunda · C. austromontana (Rincon Indian Paintbrush) · C. bella · C. bennittii · C. bicolor · C. blumeri · C. brachyantha · C. brachyantha var. subinflata · C. bracteata · C. bradburii · C. breviflora · C. brevilobata brevilobata · C. brevistyla (Short-Style Owl's-Clover) · C. brooksii · C. brunnescens · C. bryanti · C. buffumii · C. campestris (Field Owl's-Clover) · C. campestris campestris · C. campestris subsp. succulenta · C. campestris succulenta (Fleshy Owl's-Clover) · C. camporum · C. candens · C. canescens · C. carterae · C. caudata (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. auricoma (Port Clarence Indian Paintbrush) · C. caudata var. caudata · C. cerroana · C. cervina (Deer Indian Paintbrush) · C. chambersii · C. chiapensis · C. chiriquiensis

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Last Revised: 2008-10-13