Texas
Wildbuds

Castilleja integra

Castilleja integra, Along Hwy 118 west of Panther Junction, Big Bend National Park 3860

Castilleja integra, Along Hwy 118 west of Panther Junction, Big Bend National Park 3881

Castilleja integra, Along Hwy 118 west of Panther Junction, Big Bend National Park 3859

Castilleja integra, Sotol Vista, Big Bend National Park 02431

Castilleja integra, Sotol Vista, Big Bend National Park 02441

Scientific Name	Castilleja integra	USDA PLANTS Symbol	CAIN14
Common Name	Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, Squawfeather	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	33131
Family	Orobanchaceae (Broomrape)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
Description	Habitat: Dry, gravelly soils of flats, canyons and hillsides in far West Texas and Big Bend areas and north. Plant: Erect perennial 4 to 20 inches tall with one to several unbranched stems covered with white woolly hairs. Leaves: Alternate, undivided stem leaves with linear to linear-lanceolate reddish-green blades, 3/4 to 2-3/4 inches long, with entire, curled edges; upper surfaces smooth, lower hairy. Inflorescence: A few to several flower and bract combinations arranged in showy, dense terminal spikes 3/4 to 4 inches long; flowers comprised of petals fused into a two-lipped, dark to light green corolla tube 1 to 1-3/4 inches long protruding beyond the surrounding, showy scarlet to red-orange calyx; calyx 3/4 to 1-3/8-inches long, divided into 4 unequal segments; each flower subtended by a showy bract the same color as the calyx lobes, longer than the flower (3/4 to 1-5/8 inches long), obovate, hairy, and usually entire but occasionally divided into 3 acute lobes, the side lobes much smaller than the central lobe. Bloom Period: April to October. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and SEINet.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County

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