Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Castilleja olympica G.N.Jones |
Bibliography | Univ. Washington Publ. Biol. 5: 231 (1936) |
Native Range | w. Canada to nw. Washington |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1600m |
Description | leaves broadly lanceolate, flat, trilobate, narrowly acute or acuminate, lobes patent, linear, bracts pink purple, 3-7-lobate, lobes lanceolate, corolla 12-20mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Castilleja parviflora var. olympica (G.N.Jones) Ownbey |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |