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§1 Plant
Castilleja angustifolia (Nutt.) G. Don
vernacular northwestern Indian paintbrush — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Castilleja
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 115 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.6–7.3
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 325,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 115 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Morgan 49029
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAAN7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170630 ↗Record version
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