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yellow paintbrush

Castilleja flava

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Wyoming.January 6, February 6, March 12, April 23, May 57, June 58, July 49, August 38, September 27, October 12, November 7, December 6.
United States1,696
Wyoming307
Nevada209
California206
Colorado176
Utah173
Idaho135
Oregon21
Arizona2
Kansas2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusPaintbrushes · Castilleja

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise yellow paintbrush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.