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Rhexia-leaved paintbrush

Castilleja rhexiifolia

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 0, February 1, March 0, April 2, May 3, June 104, July 740, August 371, September 54, October 4, November 0, December 0.
Colorado3,416
Utah1,184
Wyoming461
Alberta413
British Columbia193
Oregon70
Idaho57
United States2
Nevada2

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

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