Castilleja lutescens
(yellowish paintbrush)
© Virginia Skilton (Photo ID #9931)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Wasa Lake area
Photographer
Virginia Skilton
Habitat
grassland
Photo Date
June 19, 2007
Upload Date
July 07, 2007
Elevation (m)
851
Latitude
49.8286094665527
Longitude
-115.71028137207
Photo ID #
9931
Comments
Measurements for this species done on specimens in 2005 and 2007 nearly identical. Corolla 20 mm. Upper lip 8 mm, finely hairy. Lower lip 4 mm, three teeth, not petal-like. Calyx 16 mm with two lobes, each divided into two linear 3 mm segments. Galea protrudes beyond bracts C. 3 mm. Bracts have one or two lobes. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, the upper ones sometimes having small lobes. Bracts greenish-yellow to yellow with one or two narrow lobes. Stems often reddish and usually branched.