Castilleja collegiorum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Castilleja |
Species: | C. collegiorum
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Binomial name | |
Castilleja collegiorum J.M.Egger & Malaby
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Castilleja collegiorum is a species of Castilleja known by the common name collegial paintbrush.
It is endemic to a single meadow complex in Oregon, where it grows in open mixed-species meadow sites. [2] Like all narrow endemics, it is highly vulnerable to habitat destruction. [2] [1]
The plant is a small, slender, perennial herb with erect, unbranched stems and narrow leaves 15 to 35 millimetres (0.59 to 1.38 in) long. Its flowers are pale greenish-yellow, 18 to 25 millimetres (0.71 to 0.98 in) long, and each is subtended by a reddish bract. Other than the flowers, there is little visible difference between the inflorescence and the sterile parts of the stem below it; the bracts and foliage leaves are only weakly differentiated. [2] [3]
Castilleja collegiorum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Castilleja |
Species: | C. collegiorum
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Binomial name | |
Castilleja collegiorum J.M.Egger & Malaby
|
Castilleja collegiorum is a species of Castilleja known by the common name collegial paintbrush.
It is endemic to a single meadow complex in Oregon, where it grows in open mixed-species meadow sites. [2] Like all narrow endemics, it is highly vulnerable to habitat destruction. [2] [1]
The plant is a small, slender, perennial herb with erect, unbranched stems and narrow leaves 15 to 35 millimetres (0.59 to 1.38 in) long. Its flowers are pale greenish-yellow, 18 to 25 millimetres (0.71 to 0.98 in) long, and each is subtended by a reddish bract. Other than the flowers, there is little visible difference between the inflorescence and the sterile parts of the stem below it; the bracts and foliage leaves are only weakly differentiated. [2] [3]