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Cliff Paintbrush

Castilleja rupicola

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 22, February 19, March 22, April 29, May 36, June 27, July 65, August 59, September 22, October 20, November 17, December 20.
United States366
Washington277
Canada144
British Columbia144
Oregon89

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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