Calflora: Castilleja linariifolia

Castilleja linariifolia Benth.

Desert paintbursh, Wyoming paintbrush

Castilleja linariifolia, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Jun--Sep

Communities:	Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub
Elevation:	between 3280 and 9842 feet
Family:	OROBANCHACEAE (PLANTS: SCROPHULARIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Castilleja found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Castilleja linariifolia var. omnipubescens
PLANTS:	Castilleja linearis
PLANTS:	Castilleja trainii
XWALK:	Castilleja linariaefolia

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 1 / 1 CCH Alpine: 26 / 25 CCH El Dorado: 1 / 1 CCH Inyo: 123 / 114 CCH Kern: 16 / 12 CCH Lassen: 18 / 16 CCH Los Angeles: 27 / 25 CCH Madera: 1 / 0 CCH Mono: 132 / 127 CCH Modoc: 19 / 19 CCH Nevada: 1 / 1 CCH Plumas: 2 / 2 CCH Riverside: 4 / 4 CCH Santa Barbara: 6 / 4 CCH San Bernardino: 111 / 108 CCH Siskiyou: 6 / 4 CCH San Luis Obispo: 2 / 1 CCH Tuolumne: 7 / 6 CCH Ventura: 20 / 20 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Castilleja linariifolia from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CALI4)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database