Castilleja subinclusa
| Castilleja subinclusa | |
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| C. subinclusa ssp. franciscana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Castilleja |
| Species: | C. subinclusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Castilleja subinclusa | |
Castilleja subinclusa is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common names longleaf Indian paintbrush and Franciscan paint brush.
It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in a number of habitat types including chaparral.[1]
Description
Castilleja subinclusa is a spreading perennial herb which can exceed a meter tall. It is gray-green to purple in herbage color, and usually hairy. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is up to 40 centimeters long and is made up of long, pointed bracts tipped in bright red-orange to deep red. Between the colorful bracts appear lighter flowers, which are yellow-green to pinkish and hairy.
Subspecies
Subspecies, which generally do not occur together, include:
- Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana — Franciscan paintbrush — endemic to the coastline surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.[2]
- Castilleja subinclusa ssp. subinclusa — long leaf paintbrush, longleaf Indian paintbrush — in the Transverse Ranges, Inner South California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Southern Sierra Nevada.[3]
References
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Castilleja subinclusa". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Calflora: Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana
- ^ Calflora: Castilleja subinclusa ssp. subinclusa
External links
Media related to Castilleja subinclusa at Wikimedia Commons- Calflora: Castilleja subinclusa (Franciscan Paint Brush, longleaf Indian paintbrush)
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Photo gallery
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- Castilleja
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1899
- Orobanchaceae stubs