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western paintbrush

Castilleja occidentalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 77, February 60, March 82, April 161, May 245, June 147, July 457, August 305, September 109, October 78, November 68, December 65.
Colorado2,387
United States1,642
Canada891
Alberta583
British Columbia379
Nunavut129
Wyoming125
Utah65
Idaho58
New Mexico52

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

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybroomrape family · Orobanchaceae
GenusPaintbrushes · Castilleja

Sources

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

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