Castilleja brevilobata

Piper

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 33: 104. 1920.

Common names: Short-lobed paintbrush
Endemic
Synonyms: Castilleja hispida subsp. brevilobata (Piper) T. I. Chuang & Heckard
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 591. Mentioned on page 573, 576, 577, 648.

Herbs, perennial, 1–5 dm; from a branched, woody caudex; with a taproot. Stems solitary or few, erect or ascending, unbranched, sometimes branched, hairs spreading, short, medium, and long, soft, short and medium ones short-stipitate-glandular. Leaves green or ± yellow, lanceolate, elliptic, or oblong to narrowly ovate, 1–2 (–2.5) cm, not fleshy, margins plane or wavy, involute, (0–) 3–5 (–7) -lobed, apex rounded to acute; lobes ascending to erect, linear to lanceolate, apex rounded to acute. Inflorescences 3–20 × 2–3.5 cm; bracts proximally greenish to dull brown, distally red, orange-red, or scarlet, sometimes orange or yellow, broadly lanceolate or oblong, (0–) 3–5-lobed; lobes ascending, broadly to narrowly lanceolate, short, arising above mid length, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded. Calyces green or whitish with green veins, lobes colored as bract lobes or paler, 14–30 mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts 5.5–8.5 mm, 30–40% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1.5–4 mm, 20–25% of calyx length; lobes oblong to narrowly triangular, apex obtuse to rounded. Corollas straight, 15–24 (–26) mm; tube 12–16 mm; beak exserted, abaxial lip equal to calyx; beak adaxially green or ± yellow-green, 7–10 mm, puberulent, stipitate-glandular; abaxial lip deep green, reduced, rounded, 1–2 mm, 10–25% as long as beak; teeth incurved to erect, light green, 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Aug.
Habitat: Dry savannas, rocky slopes and open conifer forests, on serpentine.
Elevation: 200–1700 m.

Discussion

Castilleja brevilobata is endemic to dry serpentine openings in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and adjacent California. Although sometimes treated as part of C. applegatei or C. hispida, its morphology does not suggest a close connection with either. This species occasionally hybridizes with C. pruinosa in Del Norte County, California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and rounded +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
stipitate-glandular +  and puberulent +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
yellow;orange;proximally greenish;dull brown distally red orange-red or scarlet +
(0-)3-5-lobed +, oblong +  and lanceolate +
whitish +  and green +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
Short-lobed paintbrush +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
divided +  and tubular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
200–1700 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Dry savannas, rocky slopes and open conifer forests, on serpentine. +
much-branched +, unbranched +  and eglandular +
short-stipitate-glandular +
medium +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
yellow +  and green +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
oblong;narrowly ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
paler +  and colored +
ascending +  and erect +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
oblong +  and narrowly triangular +
subequal +
(0-)3-5(-7)-lobed +, wavy +  and plane +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Mar–Aug. +
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. +
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 +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not fleshy +
2-lobed +  and entire +
Castilleja hispida subsp. brevilobata +
Castilleja brevilobata +
Castilleja +
species +
light green +
shallow;deep +
incurved +  and erect +
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