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|accepted_name=Castilleja covilleana
|accepted_authority=L. F. Henderson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=27: 353. 1900
|year=1900
}}
|common_names=Coville’s or cushion or Rocky Mountain paintbrush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Castilleja multisecta
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Castilleja;Castilleja covilleana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orobanchaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Castilleja]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Castilleja covilleana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 576
|treatment_page=page 599
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 1–3(–4) dm; from a stout, woody caudex; with a taproot. <b>Stems</b> several, erect or ascending, unbranched, sometimes branched, hairs sparse, spreading or retrorse, moderately long, soft, crisped, eglandular, mixed with shorter ones. <b>Leaves</b> green, brown, or purple, linear to lanceolate, 1.5–6 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, rarely ± wavy, involute, 3–5(–7)-lobed, apex acuminate to acute; lobes widely spreading, deep, linear to narrowly lanceolate, lateral lobes not much narrower than central one, apex acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 3–22 (longer in fruit) × 1–5 cm; bracts proximally greenish to deep purplish, distally bright red or scarlet, sometimes orange to pale yellow, linear, (3–)5–7-lobed, sometimes with secondary lobes; lobes spreading, linear to oblanceolate, long, arising below mid length, apex acute to obtuse. <b>Calyces</b> colored as bracts, sometimes paler proximally, 15–26(–33) mm; abaxial clefts 4–7.4 mm, adaxial 7–10 mm, abaxial 21–37% of calyx length, adaxial 28–51% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 1.5–3.5(–5) mm, 8–18% of calyx length; lobes lanceolate to triangular, apex acute. <b>Corollas</b> straight, 20–35 mm; tube 13–23 mm; beak and usually part of abaxial lip exserted; beak adaxially green, 6.9–13 mm; abaxial lip deep green, reduced, thickened, included or visible through front calyx cleft, 1.7–3.8 mm, 10–25% as long as beak; teeth incurved, yellow or deep green, 0.7–1.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, ledges, talus, ridges, open conifer forests, moist to dry substrates, montane to alpine.
|elevation=1200–3100 m.
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.
|discussion=<p><i>Castilleja covilleana</i> is endemic to the mountains of central Idaho and adjacent southwestern Montana. A collection of unusually tall plants was described as C. multisecta. <i>Castilleja covilleana</i> is closely related to <i>C. rupicola</i>.</p>
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name=Castilleja covilleana
|authority=L. F. Henderson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Castilleja multisecta
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, ledges, talus, ridges, open conifer forests, moist to dry substrates, montane to alpine.
|elevation=1200–3100 m.
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1900
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_1050.xml
|genus=Castilleja
|species=Castilleja covilleana
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