General: Perennial herb from a somewhat woody stem-base; stems several, clustered, decumbent to erect, 5-20 cm tall, unbranched, more or less sticky-long-hairy, usually purplish.
Leaves: Alternate, linear to lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, entire or sometimes the uppermost with a pair of small lateral lobes, sticky-hairy.
Flowers: Inflorescence a prominently bracted terminal spike, at first compact, later elongating, the bracts pale yellow, oblong-egg-shaped, entire and rounded or with 1 to 2 pairs of small lobes near the top, long-hairy and glandular-short-hairy; corollas greenish, 18-30 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip beak-like, minutely hairy, 6-12 mm long, shorter than the tube and 3-4 times the length of the thickened, 3-toothed lower lip; calyces hairy, 15-25 mm long, 2-lobed, these primary lobes again divided into 2 blunt or sharp segments 1-4 mm long; stamens 4.
Fruits: Capsules, 9-11 mm long; seeds many, the seed-coats loose, net-veined.
Ecological Framework for Castilleja septentrionalis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
