Castilleja viscidula

A. Gray in A. Gray et al.

Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 297. 1878.

Common names: Sticky paintbrush
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 664. Mentioned on page 573, 608, 610, 633, 662.

Herbs, perennial, 0.5–3 (–4) dm; from a woody caudex; with a taproot. Stems several, ascending to erect, decumbent at base, unbranched, sometimes branched, hairs spreading, long, soft, mixed with shorter stipitate-glandular ones. Leaves green to brown, linear, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, or oblong (narrowly ovate nearing inflorescence), 1–4 (–5) cm, not fleshy, margins wavy, flat or involute, (0–) 2 (–5) -lobed, apex acute; lobes ascending-spreading, oblong to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences 2–14 × 1–3.5 cm; bracts proximally greenish to greenish brown, distally pale-yellow, cream, or yellow-green, sometimes yellow-orange or red (sometimes gradually differentiated from proximal coloration), lanceolate, broadly lanceolate, or oblong, 3 (–5) -lobed, proximal wavy-margined; lobes ascending, linear to narrowly lanceolate, long, arising near or above mid length, sometimes wavy-margined, apex acute to rounded. Calyces colored as bracts or proximally paler, (10–) 14–18 mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts (4–) 5–9 mm, 30–40% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral (1–) 2–6 mm, ca. 25% of calyx length; lobes narrowly ovate to lanceolate, linear, or narrowly lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse. Corollas straight, 16–22 (–25) mm; tube 10–15 mm; beak exserted, straight to sometimes curved, adaxially green to yellow, 5–8 (–9) mm; abaxial lip green or yellow, sometimes deep purple, reduced, inconspicuous, often visible in abaxial cleft, 1–2 mm, 20% as long as beak; teeth erect, green to white, sometimes yellow or pink, 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 24, 72.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Dry to mesic sagebrush steppes, rocky slopes, ledges, open woodlands, montane to subalpine.
Elevation: 2000–3200 m.

Discussion

Castilleja viscidula is a member of the complex including C. applegatei and C. martini, centered in California. Castilleja viscidula favors isolated mountain ranges, from the Wallowa and, possibly, the Blue mountains of northeastern Oregon, eastward into southwestern Idaho, and southward into central Nevada. Most populations are greenish yellow, but in one portion of the Wallowa Mountains, reddish bracted plants are common. Many yellowish bracted populations in the same mountain range surround this reddish population. Intermediate color forms are rarely encountered. Most ranges where C. viscidula occurs have generated slightly differing local races, demonstrating some reproductive isolation and divergence. In addition, hybrid swarms between this species and C. nana are known from several mountain ranges in central and northern Nevada, and an apparent hybrid with C. flava var. flava is known from the Independence Mountains of northern Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Castilleja viscidula"
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
yellow +  and green +
visible +  and inconspicuous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
acute +  and obtuse +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
A. Gray in A. Gray et al. +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight to sometimes +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
red;yellow-orange;proximally greenish;greenish brown distally pale-yellow cream or yellow-green +
3(-5)-lobed +, oblong +  and lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
paler +  and colored +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
Sticky paintbrush +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
divided +  and tubular +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Idaho +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
2000–3200 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Dry to mesic sagebrush steppes, rocky slopes, ledges, open woodlands, montane to subalpine. +
much-branched +, unbranched +  and eglandular +
stipitate-glandular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
green +  and brown +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
oblong;lanceolate;oblong;lanceolate;linear-lanceolate;linear +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
wavy-margined +
ascending +  and ascending-spreading +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
narrowly ovate +  and lanceolate linear or narrowly lanceolate +
subequal +
(0-)2(-5)-lobed +, involute +, flat +  and wavy +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Syn. Fl. N. Amer. +
stramineous +
20 +  and 100 +
trapezoidal +, oblong-ovoid +, pyramidal +  and ovoid +
stipitate-glandular +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
non-secund +  and secund +
elongate +
subequal +
branched +  and unbranched +
aerial +  and subterranean +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not fleshy +
2-lobed +  and entire +
Euchroma +  and Oncorhynchus +
Castilleja viscidula +
Castilleja +
species +
pink +, yellow +, green +  and white +
shallow;deep +
reduced +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +