Castilleja pallida var. caudata

(Pennell) B. Boivin

Naturaliste Canad. 79: 320. 1952.

Common names: Pale or yellow paintbrush
Illustrated
Basionym: Castilleja pallida subsp. caudata Pennell Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 86: 524. 1934
Synonyms: C. annua Pennell C. caudata (Pennell) Rebristaya C. pallida subsp. auricoma Pennell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 639. Mentioned on page 637.

Herbs biennial or short-lived perennial. Stems glabrate or hairs appressed proximally, spreading distally, medium length proximally, longer distally, eglandular. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, rarely linear, (1.5–) 5–7 (–9) cm, apex acuminate, caudate, or acute, sometimes obtuse; lobe apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescences 2–16 cm; bracts yellow, cream, or greenish yellow throughout, sometimes proximally green or dull purple, proximal few lanceolate, most broadly lanceolate to ovate. Calyces proximally pale green to redbrown or purple, distally colored as bracts, 12–13 mm; abaxial clefts 7–7.8 mm, adaxial 8.4–12.1 mm, clefts 50–60% of calyx length, lateral (1.5–) 3–4 (–7) mm, 20–40% of calyx length; lobes linear, sometimes triangular. Corollas slightly curved, 22–26 mm; tube 14–16 mm; beak margins white and often also deep purple or redbrown, or yellowish; abaxial lip with 1–3 of the colors green, purple, white, cream, or rose red, as a solid color or in 2 or 3 horizontal layers, 3–4 mm. 2n = 72.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Moist tundra, peatlands, stream banks, forests, bluffs, terraces, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–1700 m.

Distribution

B.C., N.W.T., Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska, ne Asia

Discussion

Variety caudata is both widespread and variable throughout much of Alaska and enters western and northern Yukon and into extreme northern British Columbia. The precise eastern extent of its range is incompletely known, especially since it is often similar to and easily confused with both var. yukonis and northern variants of Castilleja elegans and C. raupii. It apparently occurs in far northeastern Asia, but its status and distribution there is incompletely understood. See additional notes for this form under 81. C. pallida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.78 cm7.8 mm <br />0.0078 m <br />) +
purple distally white purple yellow +  and greenish yellow cream orangebrown or reddish +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.84 cm8.4 mm <br />0.0084 m <br /> (1.21 cm12.1 mm <br />0.0121 m <br />) +
obtuse +, acute +, caudate +  and acuminate +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
(Pennell) B. Boivin +
Castilleja pallida subsp. caudata +
yellowish +, redbrown +, purple +, deep +  and white +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
purple;dull;green;greenish yellow;cream;greenish yellow;cream;yellow +
broadly lanceolate +  and ovate +
colored +, proximally pale green +  and redbrown or purple +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Pale or yellow paintbrush +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
divided +  and tubular +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
B.C. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Yukon +, Alaska +  and ne Asia +
0–1700 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Moist tundra, peatlands, stream banks, forests, bluffs, terraces, roadsides. +
yellowish +  and whitish +
stipitate-glandular +
short to long +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
green +  and redbrown or deep purple +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
lanceolate;linear-lanceolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
above mid length +, ascending +  and erect +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
triangular +
expanded +
3-5-lobed +, 0-lobed +, flat +  and involute +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). +
0-5(-7)-lobed +, broadly lanceolate +  and ovate or lanceolate +
Naturaliste Canad. +
stramineous +
20 +  and 100 +
trapezoidal +, oblong-ovoid +, pyramidal +  and ovoid +
Illustrated +
non-secund +  and secund +
elongate +
subequal +
branched +  and unbranched +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
aerial +  and subterranean +
ascending +  and erect +
not fleshy +
2-lobed +  and entire +
C. annua +, C. caudata +  and C. pallida subsp. auricoma +
Castilleja pallida var. caudata +
Castilleja pallida +
variety +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
yellow +, cream +  and white +
shallow;deep +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
reddish-purplish +
perennial +, short-lived +  and biennial +