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Castilleja brevistyla

(Hoover) Chuang & Heckard

Short-style Owl's-clover

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135936

Element CodePDSCR0D0E0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderScrophulariales

FamilyOrobanchaceae

GenusCastilleja

Synonyms

Orthocarpus brevistylus(Hoover) Hoover

Other Common Names

Short-style Indian-paintbrush (EN) shortstyle Indian paintbrush (EN)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

Several species of the genus Orthocarpus were moved to the genus Castilleja, according to Kartesz' 1994 checklist. Castilleja brevistyla is probably a hybrid (Hickman 1993), but is relatively common (R. Bittman, CNDDB).

Conservation Status

Review Date1996-07-24

Change Date1996-07-31

Edition Date1996-11-22

Edition AuthorsBeckman, J. (7/96), rev. L. Morse (1996)

Rank Reasons

Probable hybrid of Castilleja attenuata X Castilleja exserta according to Hickman (1993). Known from grasslands in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills and southern Interior Coast Ranges.

Range Extent Comments

California in southern Sierra Nevada Foothills and southern Interior Coast Ranges (Hickman 1993).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grassland below 1200 meters (Hickman 1993).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	16,818
Fox Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	52,072
Lpoor Canyon	Los Padres National Forest	13,762

References (2)

Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
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.