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{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Castilleja''
| image = Indian Paintbrush in Grand Teton NP-NPS.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Orobanchaceae]]
| genus = '''''Castilleja'''''
| genus_authority = [[José Celestino Bruno Mutis|Mutis]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|L.f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 200 species, including:
*''[[Castilleja chromosa]]''
*''[[Castilleja coccinea]]''
*''[[Castilleja exserta]]''
*''[[Castilleja indivisa]]''
*''[[Castilleja miniata]]''
*''[[Castilleja mutis]]''
*''[[Castilleja neglecta]]''
*''[[Castilleja pallida]]''
}}
'''''Castilleja''''' is a [[genus]] of about 200 species of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]]aceous [[plant]]s native to the west of [[the Americas]] from [[Alaska]] south to the [[Andes]], as well as northeast [[Asia]]. Formerly classified in the family [[Scrophulariaceae]], they have recently been relegated to the family [[Orobanchaceae]] as a consequence of [[molecular systematics]] research (see [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]]). They are commonly known as '''Indian paintbrush''' or '''Prairie-fire'''. They are semi-[[Parasitic plant|parasitic]] on the roots of grasses.
''Castilleja'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Schinia|Schinia cupes]]'' (which has been recorded on ''C. exserta'') and ''[[Schinia|Schinia pulchripennis]]'' (which feeds exclusively on ''C. exserta''). Also checkerspot butterflies such as ''Euphydryas''.
One of the species of this genus, '''Indian paintbrush''' (''Castilleja linariaefolia'' <ref>Wyoming Statute 8-3-104 [http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title8/Title8.htm (Title 8)]</ref>) was adopted on [[January 31]], [[1917]] as the state flower of [[Wyoming]].
[[Image:Desert paintbrush flower.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Possibly ''[[Castilleja chromosa]]'', "Desert Paintbrush", at the [[Sandia Mountains]].]]
[[Image:Ind_pntbrush.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Unidentified Castilleja species found near [[Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness | Greenhorn Mountain]], in the Wet Mountains.]]
[[Image:Orthocarpus_prupuracens.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Castilleja exserta'', Owl's Clover from near [[Harquahala Mountains]], Arizona, USA. This species was formally classified as ''Orthocarpus''.]]
{{commons|Castilleja}}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
[http://wildflower.utexas.edu/plants/search.php?search_field=Castilleja&newsearch=true Native Plant Information Network]: Listing of species in the Castilleja genus.
<br />[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7206 Jepson Manual] - taxonomic description of the genus.
[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Parasitic plants]]
[[Category:Symbols of Wyoming]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Castilleja''
| image = Indian Paintbrush in Grand Teton NP-NPS.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Orobanchaceae]]
| genus = '''''Castilleja'''''
| genus_authority = [[José Celestino Bruno Mutis|Mutis]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus the Younger|L.f.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 200 species, including:
*''[[Castilleja chromosa]]''
*''[[Castilleja coccinea]]''
*''[[Castilleja exserta]]''
*''[[Castilleja indivisa]]''
*''[[Castilleja miniata]]''
*''[[Castilleja mutis]]''
*''[[Castilleja neglecta]]''
*''[[Castilleja pallida]]''
}}
'''''Castilleja''''' is a [[genus]] of about 200 species of [[Annual plant|annual]] and [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]]aceous [[plant]]s native to the west of [[the Americas]] from [[Alaska]] south to the [[Andes]], as well as northeast [[Asia]]. Formerly classified in the family [[Scrophulariaceae]], they have recently been relegated to the family [[Orobanchaceae]] as a consequence of [[molecular systematics]] research (see [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]]). They are commonly known as '''Indian paintbrush''' or '''Prairie-fire'''. They are semi-[[Parasitic plant|parasitic]] on the roots of grasses.
''Castilleja'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Schinia|Schinia cupes]]'' (which has been recorded on ''C. exserta'') and ''[[Schinia|Schinia pulchripennis]]'' (which feeds exclusively on ''C. exserta''). Also checkerspot butterflies such as ''Euphydryas''.
One of the species of this genus, '''Indian paintbrush''' (''Castilleja linariaefolia'' <ref>Wyoming Statute 8-3-104 [http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/statutes.aspx?file=titles/Title8/Title8.htm (Title 8)]</ref>) was adopted on [[January 31]], [[1917]] as the state flower of [[Wyoming]].
[[Image:Desert paintbrush flower.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Possibly ''[[Castilleja chromosa]]'', "Desert Paintbrush", at the [[Sandia Mountains]].]]
[[Image:Ind_pntbrush.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Unidentified Castilleja species found near [[Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness | Greenhorn Mountain]], in the Wet Mountains.]]
[[Image:Orthocarpus_prupuracens.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Castilleja exserta'', Owl's Clover from near [[Harquahala Mountains]], Arizona, USA. This species was formally classified as ''Orthocarpus''.]]
{{commons|Castilleja}}
==References==
<references/>
==External links==
[http://wildflower.utexas.edu/plants/search.php?search_field=Castilleja&newsearch=true Native Plant Information Network]: Listing of species in the Castilleja genus.
<br />[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7206 Jepson Manual] - taxonomic description of the genus.
[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Parasitic plants]]
[[Category:Symbols of Wyoming]]
