Orthocarpus
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Orthocarpus is a genus of flowering plant
s in the family Orobanchaceae
. They are native to North America
. A number of species formerly included in this genus have been transferred to the genus Castilleja
, of the Indian Paintbrush named plants.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the family Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family, is a family of flowering plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato...
. They are native to North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. A number of species formerly included in this genus have been transferred to the genus Castilleja
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...
, of the Indian Paintbrush named plants.
Species
Species include:- Orthocarpus bracteosusOrthocarpus bracteosusOrthocarpus bracteosus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name rosy owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows.-Description:Orthocarpus...
Benth. - Orthocarpus cuspidatusOrthocarpus cuspidatusOrthocarpus cuspidatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name toothed owl's clover. It is native to mountain and plateau habitat in Oregon, California, and Nevada. It is an annual herb producing a slender, glandular, hairy, purple-green stem up to about 40...
Greene - Orthocarpus imbricatusOrthocarpus imbricatusOrthocarpus imbricatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name mountain owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in meadows and other mountain habitat.-Description:It is an annual herb...
Torr. ex S.Watson - Orthocarpus luteusOrthocarpus luteusOrthocarpus luteus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name yellow owl's clover. It is native to much of western and central North America, where it grows in many types of plateau, grassland, and mountain habitat.-Description:It is an annual herb producing a...
Nutt. - Orthocarpus pachystachyusOrthocarpus pachystachyusOrthocarpus pachystachyus is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name Shasta owl's clover. It is endemic to central Siskiyou County, California, where it is so rarely seen it was thought to be extinct until 1996, when eight individuals were located...
A.Gray - Orthocarpus tenuifolius (Pursh) Benth.
- Orthocarpus tolmiei Hook. & Arn.