PLANTS Profile for Castilleja purpurea (downy Indian paintbrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don
downy Indian paintbrush

Symbol:

CAPU11

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48

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Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don

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Distribution:
Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don


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Related Taxa:
Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don

View 91 genera in Scrophulariaceae, 107 species in Castilleja or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri
Lindheimer's Indian paintbrush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus	Castilleja Mutis ex L. f. – Indian paintbrush
Species	Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don – downy Indian paintbrush

More Accounts and Images:
Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33077.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 06:35 PM CDT