Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Castilleja lanata A.Gray |
Bibliography | Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [W.H.Emory] 2(1): 118 (1859) |
Native Range | Arizona to sw. Texas and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-2300m |
Description | leaves crowded, linear, 1-3cm long, floral bracts with two lateral segments and with red apex, calyx with red apex, corolla 20-25mm long |
Size | 20-80cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |