Castilleja rupicola

Piper

Erythea 6: 45. 1898.

Common names: Cliff paintbrush
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 653. Mentioned on page 575, 593, 599, 647, 659.

Herbs, perennial, (0.8–) 1–2 (–3) dm; from a woody caudex; with a taproot. Stems many, decumbent to ascending, unbranched, sparsely pubescent, hairs spreading, wavy, fairly short, soft, eglandular, sometimes glabrous proximally. Leaves purple to green, narrowly, rarely broadly, lanceolate, 1.4–4 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, flat to involute, (0–) 3–5 (–7) -lobed, apex acute to acuminate; lobes divergent, spreading-ascending, linear, long, not much narrower than mid-blade, often with secondary lobes, creating little frilly fans, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences 2–6 × 2–3.5 cm; bracts proximally greenish or deep purple near base, distally red, scarlet, or crimson to red-orange, rarely orange, salmon, pink, or yellowish white, ovate to orbicular in outline, 5 (–9) -lobed; lobes spreading, linear to linear-lanceolate, long, arising below mid length, apex acute to rounded. Calyces proximally purple, green, or whitish, distally colored as bract lobes, 15–25 mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts 8 mm, ca. 40–50% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1–5 mm, 10–20% of calyx length; lobes triangular, apex obtuse or acute. Corollas straight or slightly curved, 25–35 (–45) mm; tube 9–15 mm; beak exserted, adaxially green, purplish, or yellow-green, 14–22 mm; abaxial lip deep green, reduced, 0.5–2 mm, 6–12% as long as beak; teeth incurved to erect, green, 0.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sunny rocky slopes, scree, talus, ledges, fellfields, subalpine to alpine.
Elevation: (200–)1000–2500 m.

Discussion

Castilleja rupicola is usually found in the subalpine and lower alpine zones in the Cascade Range from extreme southern British Columbia south to northern Douglas County, Oregon. Though it can be numerous where it occurs, the species as a whole is uncommon. One atypical population occurs in a moist, shaded, mossy, north-facing ravine on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, at less than 250 m. These plants often bear secondary divisions on deeply dissected leaves and bracts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"not much narrower" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Castilleja rupicola"
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
acute;rounded +
acute +, obtuse +  and acuminate +
J. Mark Egger +, Peter F. Zika +, Barbara L. Wilson +, Richard E. Brainerd +  and Nick Otting +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
not +, leathery +  and fleshy +
crimson;red-orange rarely orange salmon pink or yellowish white +
5(-9)-lobed +, ovate +  and orbicular +
lateral +  and deeper +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
colored +, whitish +, green +  and purple +
2-lobed +, lobed +  and tubular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
taprooted;fibrous-rooted or rhizomatous +
fleshy +  and woody +
Cliff paintbrush +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +, orange +, yellow +, white +, green +  and pale greenish +
curved +  and straight +
divided +  and tubular +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
B.C. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
(200–)1000–2500 m. +
spreading-hairy +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Sunny rocky slopes, scree, talus, ledges, fellfields, subalpine to alpine. +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
spiral +, whorled +, alternate +  and opposite +
purple +  and green +
deciduous +
basal +  and cauline +
lanceolate +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
arising +, spreading +  and spreading-ascending +
3 (?) +, 2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
triangular +, linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
subequal +
(0-)3-5(-7)-lobed +, flat +  and involute +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering (May–)Jun–Sep. +
stramineous +
20 +  and 100 +
trapezoidal +, oblong-ovoid +, pyramidal +  and ovoid +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
non-secund +  and secund +
elongate +
subequal +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
aerial +  and subterranean +
decumbent +  and ascending +
not fleshy +
2-lobed +  and entire +
Euchroma +  and Oncorhynchus +
Castilleja rupicola +
Castilleja +
species +
shallow;deep +
incurved +  and erect +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +