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Felt Paintbrush

Castilleja foliolosa

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) deanna_d, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.

California	13,808
United States	8,255
Mexico	356
Baja California	356
Nevada	24
Utah	1

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

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Family	broomrape family · Orobanchaceae
Genus	Paintbrushes · Castilleja

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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