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Castilleja pulchella

Rydb.

Showy Indian-paintbrush

G4Apparently Secure Found in 24 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

UnknownThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144758

Element CodePDSCR0D2N0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderScrophulariales

FamilyOrobanchaceae

GenusCastilleja

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x

Review Date2018-09-04

Change Date2018-09-04

Edition Date2018-09-04

Edition AuthorsGries, D. (1995), rev. Treher (2018)

Threat ImpactUnknown

Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 - 300

Rank Reasons

Castilleja pulchella is widespread and common on alpine tundra in most ranges of the middle Rocky Mountains in southwestern Montana, western Wyoming, northeastern Utah, and eastern Idaho. Threats are not well known but the large number of occurrences on protected lands limits threats from many anthropogenic activities.

Range Extent Comments

Castilleja pulchella is known from the alpine tundra of the middle Rocky Mountains in southwestern Montana, western Wyoming, and northeastern Utah and eastern Idaho (Kartesz and Meacham 1999 and Scott 1995).

Occurrences Comments

This species is widespread and common on alpine tundra in most ranges of the Middle Rocky Mountains (Scott 1995). There are over 200 occurrences represented by herbarium records (SEINet 2018).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species occurs in wet meadows in subalpine and alpine regions (States and States 2015).

Terrestrial Habitats

AlpineTundra

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Utah	S2	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Idaho	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (24)

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Boulder - White Clouds	Sawtooth National Forest	322,653
Boulder - White Clouds	Salmon-Challis National Forest	139,297

Montana (7)

Area	Forest	Acres
East Pioneer	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	145,082
Line Creek Plateau	Custer National Forest	24,825
Lionhead	Gallatin National Forest	33,549
Mt. Gmt Area H	Custer National Forest	1,335
North Big Hole	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	52,227
Proposed Line Creek Prna	Custer National Forest	389
West Pioneer	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	248,631

Wyoming (15)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bear Rocks	Bighorn National Forest	25,023
Beartooth Proposed Wilderness	Shoshone National Forest	16,837
Cloud Peak Contiguous	Bighorn National Forest	113,757
Hideout Creek	Bighorn National Forest	10,096
Horse Creek Mesa	Bighorn National Forest	77,808
Little Bighorn	Bighorn National Forest	133,949
Little Sheep Mountain	Bridger-Teton National Forest	14,192
Mosquito Lake - Seven Lakes	Bridger-Teton National Forest	51,950
Pacific Creek - Blackrock Creek	Bridger-Teton National Forest	24,658
Sibley Lake	Bighorn National Forest	10,367
South Beartooth Highway	Shoshone National Forest	105,570
Spread Creek - Gros Ventre River	Bridger-Teton National Forest	166,097
Sulphur Creek	Shoshone National Forest	30,221
Togwotee Pass	Shoshone National Forest	7,344
West Slope Winds	Bridger-Teton National Forest	143,252

References (7)

Bauer, P.J. 1983. Bumblebee pollination relationships on the Beartooth Plateau tundra of southern Montana. American J. Botany 70(1): 134-144.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J. T., and C. Meacham. 1999. Unpublished review draft of Floristic Synthesis, 10Jun99 and/or 16Jun99. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill.
Lackschewitz, K. 1991. Vascular plants of west-central Montana--identification guidebook. U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 648 pp.
Scott, R.W. 1995. The alpine flora of the Rocky Mountains, Volume I. The middle Rockies. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah. 901 pp.
Southwest Environmental Information Network (SEINet). 2018. Collections Databases. Online. Available: http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/ (accessed 2018).
States, D. and J. States. 2015. Wildflowers of Wyoming. Lulu Publishing Services.196 pp.