Castilleja covilleana

L. F. Henderson

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 353. 1900.

Common names: Coville’s or cushion or Rocky Mountain paintbrush
Endemic
Synonyms: Castilleja multisecta A. Nelson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 599. Mentioned on page 576.

Herbs, perennial, 1–3 (–4) dm; from a stout, woody caudex; with a taproot. Stems several, erect or ascending, unbranched, sometimes branched, hairs sparse, spreading or retrorse, moderately long, soft, crisped, eglandular, mixed with shorter ones. Leaves green, brown, or purple, linear to lanceolate, 1.5–6 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, rarely ± wavy, involute, 3–5 (–7) -lobed, apex acuminate to acute; lobes widely spreading, deep, linear to narrowly lanceolate, lateral lobes not much narrower than central one, apex acuminate. Inflorescences 3–22 (longer in fruit) × 1–5 cm; bracts proximally greenish to deep purplish, distally bright red or scarlet, sometimes orange to pale-yellow, linear, (3–) 5–7-lobed, sometimes with secondary lobes; lobes spreading, linear to oblanceolate, long, arising below mid length, apex acute to obtuse. Calyces colored as bracts, sometimes paler proximally, 15–26 (–33) mm; abaxial clefts 4–7.4 mm, adaxial 7–10 mm, abaxial 21–37% of calyx length, adaxial 28–51% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1.5–3.5 (–5) mm, 8–18% of calyx length; lobes lanceolate to triangular, apex acute. Corollas straight, 20–35 mm; tube 13–23 mm; beak and usually part of abaxial lip exserted; beak adaxially green, 6.9–13 mm; abaxial lip deep green, reduced, thickened, included or visible through front calyx cleft, 1.7–3.8 mm, 10–25% as long as beak; teeth incurved, yellow or deep green, 0.7–1.7 mm. 2n = 48.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, ledges, talus, ridges, open conifer forests, moist to dry substrates, montane to alpine.
Elevation: 1200–3100 m.

Discussion

Castilleja covilleana is endemic to the mountains of central Idaho and adjacent southwestern Montana. A collection of unusually tall plants was described as C. multisecta. Castilleja covilleana is closely related to C. rupicola.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

... more about "Castilleja covilleana"
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.74 cm7.4 mm <br />0.0074 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
lateral +  and deeper +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
acute;obtuse +
acute +  and acuminate +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
L. F. Henderson +
0.69 cm6.9 mm <br />0.0069 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
orange;pale-yellow +
(3-)5-7-lobed +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
paler +  and colored +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
Coville’s or cushion or Rocky Mountain paintbrush +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
divided +  and tubular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
Idaho +  and Mont. +
1200–3100 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Rocky slopes, ledges, talus, ridges, open conifer forests, moist to dry substrates, montane to alpine. +
retrorse +  and spreading +
stipitate-glandular +
crisped +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
purple +, brown +  and green +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
linear;lanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
arising +  and spreading +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
lanceolate +  and triangular +
subequal +
3-5(-7)-lobed +, wavy +  and plane +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
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 multisecta +
Castilleja covilleana +
Castilleja +
species +
green +, deep +  and yellow +
shallow;deep +
reduced +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +