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valley tassels

Castilleja attenuata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 246, February 213, March 374, April 1,360, May 341, June 196, July 168, August 171, September 217, October 222, November 285, December 220.
United States3,533
California2,702
Washington289
Oregon273
Nevada245
Canada184
British Columbia184
Arizona21
Chile14
Mexico6

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
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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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