Castilleja minor

Taxobox
name = "Castilleja minor"

image_width = 240px
image_caption = ssp. "minor"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Orobanchaceae
genus = "Castilleja"
species = "C. minor"
binomial = "Castilleja minor"
binomial_authority = Gray

"Castilleja minor" is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name lesser Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in moist habitats such as spring meadows. This is an annual herb growing a mostly unbranching slender stem to heights from 30 centimeters to well over a meter. The leaves are lance-shaped and several centimeters long. The top of the stem is occupied by an inflorescence of green bracts tipped with bright red and smaller, yellowish flowers. The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long.

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* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7206,7250 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAMI13 USDA Plants Profile]

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Castilleja minor — ID 16046 Symbol Key CAMI13 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit… … USDA Plant Characteristics
Castilleja minor ssp. minor — ID 16047 Symbol Key CAMIM6 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit… … USDA Plant Characteristics
Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis — ID 16049 Symbol Key CAMIS3 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA Growth Habit Forb/herb … USDA Plant Characteristics
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. minor — Symbol CAMIM6 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. minor — Symbol CAMIM6 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray — Symbol CAMI13 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray — Symbol CAMI13 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. spiralis (Jeps.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard — Symbol CAMIS3 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. spiralis (Jeps.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard — Symbol CAMIS3 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list
Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. spiralis (Jeps.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard — Symbol CAMIS3 Common Name lesser Indian paintbrush Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae … Scientific plant list

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