Calflora Taxon Report
Castilleja ambigua  Hook. & Arn.  var. heckardii  J. M. Egger & Excoffier
Heckard's owl's clover
Castilleja ambigua var. heckardii is an annual herb that is native to California.
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Observation Search
~3 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Bloom Period
Parent: Castilleja ambigua
Genus: Castilleja
Family: Orobanchaceae  
(Scrophulariaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by CNPS + POWO
Information about Castilleja ambigua var. heckardii from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

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