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Woolly Paintbrush

Castilleja lanata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 28, February 27, March 31, April 58, May 36, June 17, July 16, August 16, September 19, October 20, November 27, December 26.
United States769
Texas321
Arizona177
New Mexico168
Mexico147
California102
Nuevo Leon64
San Luis Potosi29
Coahuila de Zaragoza18
Durango18

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

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