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Longleaf paintbrush

Castilleja subinclusa

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 California.January 137, February 119, March 124, April 153, May 149, June 110, July 94, August 96, September 121, October 124, November 159, December 123.
United States1,667
California1,508
Nevada159
Mexico41
Baja California41

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