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northern paintbrush

Castilleja septentrionalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 45, February 35, March 48, April 94, May 143, June 155, July 410, August 130, September 63, October 46, November 40, December 38.
United States1,834
Colorado1,786
Canada1,406
Alaska383
Quebec364
Ontario324
Nunavut286
Wyoming228
South Dakota190
Utah101

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.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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Practise northern paintbrush with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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