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hairy paintbrush

Castilleja pilosa

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 59, February 51, March 54, April 67, May 65, June 87, July 52, August 41, September 53, October 54, November 69, December 53.
United States1,562
California654
Oregon470
Nevada287
Idaho83
Wyoming22
Oklahoma1

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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

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