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Texas Paintbrush

Castilleja indivisa

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,489, February 1,425, March 4,099, April 8,819, May 2,312, June 913, July 821, August 848, September 1,007, October 1,073, November 1,397, December 1,354.
United States25,369
Texas22,917
Oklahoma2,354
Arkansas51
Missouri32
Alabama25
Louisiana25
Mississippi9
Georgia3
South Carolina1

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
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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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