Common Name: BROOMRAPE FAMILY Habit: Annual, perennial herb, shrub; often glandular; root-parasites, roots modified into absorptive structures. Stem: generally round in ×-section. Leaf: generally simple, generally alternate, reduced to +- fleshy scales in non-green plants lacking chlorophyll; stipules generally 0. Inflorescence: spike to panicle, generally bracted, or flowers 1--2 in axils. Flower: bisexual; calyx lobes 0--5; corolla generally strongly bilateral, generally 2-lipped (upper lip generally 2-lobed, lower lip generally 3-lobed), abaxial lobes outside other lobes in bud; stamens epipetalous, 4 in 2 pairs (sometimes 1 pair sterile), additional staminode 0(1), anther sacs unequal; ovary superior, chambers 1--2, placentas 2--4, parietal, style 1, stigma lobes 0 or 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal, valves 2--4. Seed: many, small, angled; surface smooth or netted. Genera In Family: +- 100 genera, 2060 species: worldwide, especially northern temperate and Africa. Note: High yield losses in many crops caused by Orobanche and Phelipanche species in Africa, Mediterranean, Middle East, and eastern Europe. Taxa of Orobanche in TJM2 treated here in Aphyllon and Phelipanche. eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Robert W. Patterson, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: PAINTBRUSH, OWL'S-CLOVER Habit: Annual to subshrub, green. Leaf: sessile, entire to dissected. Inflorescence: spike-like; bracts becoming shorter, wider, more lobed than leaves, mature tips generally cream to red or green. Flower: calyx unequally 4-lobed, colored like bract tips; corolla upper 2 lip lobes fused, beak-like, tip open, lower lip reduced, 3-toothed to -pouched; stamens 4, anther sacs 2, unequal; stigma entire to 2-lobed, generally exserted. Fruit: +- asymmetric. Seed: generally +- brown, attached at base; coat netted, net-like walls ladder-like or not. Etymology: (Domingo Castillejo, Spanish botanist, 1744--1793) Note: Hybridization and polyploidy common. Biologically consistent taxa difficult to define. Castilleja chrymactis Pennell not in California, sole (1947) record a misidentified, incomplete specimen. eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, T.I. Chuang & Lawrence R. Heckard Reference: Tank & Olmstead 2008 Amer J Bot 95:608--625 Unabridged Reference: Chuang & Heckard 1991 Syst Bot 16:644--666
Castilleja brevilobata Piper
NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb 10--50 cm, green or +- yellow, glandular-puberulent, or hairs glandular and nonglandular, but not sticky. Leaf: 15--60 mm, lanceolate to ovate; lobes 0--7, tips rounded to acute, margin not wavy. Inflorescence: 5--20 cm, open proximally; bracts 15--45 mm, lobes generally 3--5, shallow, bright red to yellow. Flower: calyx 15--30 mm, divided +- 1/3 abaxially and adaxially, 1/5--1/4 on sides, soft-hairy, lobes obtuse; corolla 20--35 mm, beak +- = tube, +- yellow-green, adaxially puberulent, margins +- red, lower lip 1--2 mm, dark green, included; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Fruit: 8--13 mm. Seed: 1--2 mm; coat shallowly netted, loose-fitting. Chromosomes: 2n=24. Ecology: Dry, open serpentine, forest edges; Elevation: 200--1850 m. Bioregional Distribution: nw KR; Distribution Outside California: southwestern Oregon. Flowering Time: May--Aug Synonyms: Castilleja hispida Benth. subsp. brevilobata (Piper) T.I. Chuang & Heckard Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax, T.I. Chuang & Lawrence R. Heckard Reference: Tank & Olmstead 2008 Amer J Bot 95:608--625 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Castilleja attenuata Next taxon: Castilleja brevistyla
Botanical illustration including Castilleja brevilobata
Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax, T.I. Chuang & Lawrence R. Heckard 2012, Castilleja brevilobata, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=18177, accessed on January 25, 2025.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2025, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on January 25, 2025.
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