Castilleja indivisa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Castilleja
- Species
- Castilleja indivisa
- Scientific Name
- Castilleja indivisa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Castilleja indivisa
Castilleja indivisa, commonly known as Texas Indian paintbrush or entireleaf Indian paintbrush, is a hemiparasitic annual wildflower native to Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma in the United States. There are historical records of the species formerly growing in Arkansas, and reports of naturalized populations in Florida and Alabama.
The bright red leaf-like bracts surrounding the white to greenish flowers make the plant look like a ragged brush dipped in red paint. They sometimes produce a light yellow or pure white variation mixed in with the reds.
Each plant typically grows up to 18 in (46 cm) in height. The leaves are long and stalkless. The roots grow until they reach the roots of other plants, mainly grasses, and then penetrate the roots of the "host" plant to obtain a portion of their needed nutrients (known as semi- or hemiparasitic).
Texas paintbrush typically blooms in the spring and summer. Some of its native habitats include prairies, meadows, pastures and roadsides.
...Castilleja indivisa in languages:
- English
- Texas Paintbrush
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Castilleja affinis
- Castilleja albobarbata
- Castilleja alpicola
- Castilleja ambigua
- Castilleja angustata
- Castilleja angustifolia
- Castilleja applegatei
- Castilleja aquariensis
- Castilleja arachnoidea
- Castilleja arvensis
- Castilleja aspera
- Castilleja attenuata
- Castilleja aurea
- Castilleja auriculata
- Castilleja beldingii
- Castilleja bella
- Castilleja brevilobata
- Castilleja brevistyla
- Castilleja bryantii
- Castilleja campestris
- Castilleja cerroana
- Castilleja cervina
- Castilleja chambersii
- Castilleja chlorosceptron
- Castilleja chlorotica
- Castilleja christii
- Castilleja chromosa
- Castilleja chrymactis
- Castilleja chrysantha
- Castilleja cinerea
- Castilleja citrina
- Castilleja coccinea
- Castilleja collegiorum
- Castilleja conzattii
- Castilleja covilleana
- Castilleja crista-galli
- Castilleja cryptandra
- Castilleja cryptantha
- Castilleja ctenodonta
- Castilleja cusickii
- Castilleja dendridion
- Castilleja densiflora
- Castilleja dissitiflora
- Castilleja disticha
- Castilleja durangensis
- Castilleja ecuadorensis
- Castilleja elata
- Castilleja elmeri
- Castilleja exigua
- Castilleja exserta
- Castilleja falcata
- Castilleja filiflora
- Castilleja fissifolia
- Castilleja flava
- Castilleja foliolosa
- Castilleja fraterna
- Castilleja fruticosa
- Castilleja galehintoniae
- Castilleja genevievana
- Castilleja glandulifera
- Castilleja glandulosa
- Castilleja gleasoni
- Castilleja gracilis
- Castilleja gracillima
- Castilleja grisea
- Castilleja guadalupensis
- Castilleja halophila
- Castilleja haydenii
- Castilleja hidalgensis
- Castilleja hirsuta
- Castilleja hispida
- Castilleja holmgrenii
- Castilleja hololeuca
- Castilleja hyperborea
- Castilleja indivisa
- Castilleja indivisa × purpurea
- Castilleja integra
- Castilleja integrifolia
- Castilleja irasuensis
- Castilleja jiquilpana
- Castilleja kaibabensis
- Castilleja kerryana
- Castilleja kraliana
- Castilleja lacera
- Castilleja laciniata
- Castilleja lanata
- Castilleja lasiorhyncha
- Castilleja lassenensis
- Castilleja latifolia
- Castilleja lebgueana
- Castilleja lemmonii
- Castilleja levisecta
- Castilleja linariifolia
- Castilleja lindheimeri
- Castilleja lineariloba
- Castilleja lineata
- Castilleja linifolia
- Castilleja litoralis
- Castilleja longiflora
- Castilleja lutescens
- Castilleja macrostigma
- Castilleja madrigalii
- Castilleja martini
- Castilleja mcvaughii
- Castilleja mendocinensis
- Castilleja meridensis
- Castilleja mexicana
- Castilleja miniata
- Castilleja minor
- Castilleja mogollonica
- Castilleja mollis
- Castilleja montigena
- Castilleja moranensis
- Castilleja nana
- Castilleja nelsonii
- Castilleja nervata
- Castilleja nitricola
- Castilleja nivea
- Castilleja nivibractea
- Castilleja nubigena
- Castilleja occidentalis
- Castilleja ophiocephala
- Castilleja oresbia
- Castilleja organorum
- Castilleja ornata
- Castilleja ortegae
- Castilleja pallescens
- Castilleja pallida
- Castilleja palmeri
- Castilleja papilionacea
- Castilleja paramensis
- Castilleja parviflora
- Castilleja parvula
- Castilleja patriotica
- Castilleja peckiana
- Castilleja pectinata
- Castilleja peirsonii
- Castilleja perelegans
- Castilleja peruviana
- Castilleja pilosa
- Castilleja plagiotoma
- Castilleja porphyrosceptron
- Castilleja praeterita
- Castilleja profunda
- Castilleja pruinosa
- Castilleja pterocaulon
- Castilleja puberula
- Castilleja pulchella
- Castilleja pumila
- Castilleja purpurascens
- Castilleja purpurea
- Castilleja quiexobrensis
- Castilleja quirosii
- Castilleja racemosa
- Castilleja raupii
- Castilleja revealii
- Castilleja rhexiifolia
- Castilleja rhizomata
- Castilleja rigida
- Castilleja roei
- Castilleja rubicundula
- Castilleja rubida
- Castilleja rubra
- Castilleja rupicola
- Castilleja salaisolaveae
- Castilleja salsuginosa
- Castilleja saltensis
- Castilleja scabrida
- Castilleja schizotricha
- Castilleja scorzonerifolia
- Castilleja septentrionalis
- Castilleja sessiliflora
- Castilleja sphaerostigma
- Castilleja spiranthoides
- Castilleja stenophylla
- Castilleja steyermarkii
- Castilleja stipifolia
- Castilleja subalpina
- Castilleja subinclusa
- Castilleja suksdorfii
- Castilleja talamancensis
- Castilleja tapeinoclada
- Castilleja tenuiflora
- Castilleja tenuifolia
- Castilleja tenuis
- Castilleja thompsonii
- Castilleja tolucensis
- Castilleja tomentosa
- Castilleja trujillensis
- Castilleja uliginosa
- Castilleja unalaschcensis
- Castilleja vadosa
- Castilleja venusta
- Castilleja victoriae
- Castilleja virgata
- Castilleja viscidula
- Castilleja wightii
- Castilleja wootonii
- Castilleja xanthotricha
- Castilleja zempoaltepetlensis
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