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Cobwebby Paintbrush

Castilleja arachnoidea

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 66, February 57, March 60, April 74, May 72, June 100, July 222, August 77, September 59, October 60, November 77, December 59.
United States1,249
California728
Oregon507
Nevada14

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