Castilleja

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	[[Origin::Alaska to Andes, NE Asia.]]

Cultivation

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Scientific Names
Orobanchaceae >	Castilleja >

Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants. Formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae, they have recently been relegated to the family Orobanchaceae. They are semi-parasitic on the roots of grasses.^wp

Read about Castilleja in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Castilleja (a Spanish botanist, D. Castillejo). Scrophulariaceae. Painted-cup. Herbs with showy bracts in a terminal head or spike, sometimes cultivated. Flowers small, solitary, in terminal gaudy-bracted spikes; corolla tubular, sometimes flattened laterally, 2-lipped; lower lip smaller, more or less 3-toothed; stamens 4: lvs. alternate, entire or cut—Upwards of 3O species in U. S. and Mex., and 1 in N. Asia. Castillejas are little known in gardens. They are more or less root-parasitic.^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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About 200 species, including^wp:

Possibly Castilleja chromosa, "Desert Paintbrush", at the Sandia Mountains.
Unidentified Castilleja species
Castilleja exserta, Owl's Clover. This species was formally classified as Orthocarpus.

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