Castilleja tenuis
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Castilleja tenuis is a species of Indian paintbrush
known by the common name hairy Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America, where it grows in a number of habitat types, especially in mountainous areas.
is made up of many narrow bract
s between which emerge the white to bright yellow pouched flowers.
Castilleja
Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in Siberia...
known by the common name hairy Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America, where it grows in a number of habitat types, especially in mountainous areas.
Description
This is an annual herb growing up to about 45 centimeters tall, green to purplish in color and coated in hairs. The inflorescenceInflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is made up of many narrow bract
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture...
s between which emerge the white to bright yellow pouched flowers.