Index / Search / Castilleja sessiliflora
§1 Plant
Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
vernacular downy paintedcup — 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 308 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–32 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.4
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- 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
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,540,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 308 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Doniphan 20043
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Greeley 20071
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jewell 20089
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- McPherson 20113
- Mitchell 20123
- Ness 20135
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sheridan 20179
- Smith 20183
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
Minnesota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Mahnomen 27087
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cheyenne 31033
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dundy 31057
- Frontier 31063
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Greeley 31077
- Holt 31089
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Butte 46019
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Deuel 46039
- Fall River 46047
- Harding 46063
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Todd 46121
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Ellis 48139
- Foard 48155
- Garza 48169
- Hartley 48205
- Hutchinson 48233
- Lubbock 48303
- Midland 48329
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Schleicher 48413
- Sutton 48435
- Terrell 48443
- Val Verde 48465
- Wichita 48485
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CASE5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170616 ↗Record version
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