Castilleja brevistyla (Hoover) T.I.Chuang & Heckard is a plant in the Orobanchaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Castilleja brevistyla (Hoover) T.I.Chuang & Heckard

Castilleja brevistyla (Hoover) T.I.Chuang & Heckard

Castilleja brevistyla is an annual herb that grows up to 40 cm tall with pink to purplish bracts and fuzzy flowers.

Family
Genus
Castilleja
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Castilleja brevistyla (Hoover) T.I.Chuang & Heckard

Castilleja brevistyla (Hoover) T.I.Chuang & Heckard is an annual herb. It grows up to around 40 centimeters tall, and produces linear leaves that are each a few centimeters long. Its inflorescence holds bracts with pink or reddish purple tips. Pouched, fuzzy purplish or pink flowers emerge between these bracts.

Photo: (c) T. W. Carson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by T. W. Carson · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Orobanchaceae Castilleja

More from Orobanchaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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