Castilleja applegatei var. viscida

(Rydberg) Ownbey in C. L. Hitchcock et al.

Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 4: 299. 1959.

Endemic
Basionym: Castilleja viscida Rydberg Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 38. 1907
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 589. Mentioned on page 588.

Herbs 1–3.1 dm. Stems unbranched, sometimes branched. Leaves broadly lanceolate, 1–4.5 cm, 3–5-lobed, apex acute. Inflorescences 2–12 × 1–4 cm; bracts distally red, red-orange, or orange, 3–5-lobed, apex acute. Calyces proximally green to yellowish, lobe apices colored as bracts, 14–24 mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts 7–14 mm, 50% of calyx length, lateral 7–8 mm, 33–50% of calyx length; lobe apex acuminate. Corollas 26–31 mm; tube 9–14 mm; beak 9–14 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Dry rocky slopes, alpine and open subalpine forests.
Elevation: 2100–3400 m.

Discussion

Variety viscida occurs in the mountains of southeastern Idaho, Utah, and extreme southwestern Wyoming.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
green +  and whitish or yellow +
exserted +  and included +
protuberant +  and inconspicuous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
(Rydberg) Ownbey in C. L. Hitchcock et al. +
Castilleja viscida +
long-exserted +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
orange;red-orange;orange;red-orange;red +
3-5-lobed +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
proximally green +  and yellowish +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.1 cm41 mm <br />0.041 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
curved +  and straight +
divided +  and tubular +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
Idaho +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
2100–3400 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Dry rocky slopes, alpine and open subalpine forests. +
sparse +  and dense +
stipitate-glandular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
green +  and purplish or brown +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
3-5-lobed;lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
arising +, spreading +  and ascending +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
triangular +, oblong +, lanceolate-acuminate +, lanceolate +  and broadly lanceolate +
expanded +
(0-)3(-5)-lobed +  and wavy +
acuminate;obtuse;acuminate;obtuse;rounded;acute +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering May–Aug. +
Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. +
stramineous +
20 +  and 100 +
trapezoidal +, oblong-ovoid +, pyramidal +  and ovoid +
non-secund +  and secund +
elongate +
subequal +
branched +  and unbranched +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
aerial +  and subterranean +
decumbent +, ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not fleshy +
2-lobed +  and entire +
Euchroma +  and Oncorhynchus +
Castilleja applegatei var. viscida +
Castilleja applegatei +
variety +
green +  and yellow +
shallow;deep +
incurved +  and ascending +
reduced +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +