View source for Castilleja ambigua

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Castilleja ambigua
|accepted_authority=Hooker & Arnott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|place=154. 1833
|year=1833
}}
|common_names=Johnny-nip;paintbrush owl’s-clover
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Castilleja;Castilleja ambigua
|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 ambigua]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 570, 618
|treatment_page=page 584
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, sometimes biennial, 0.6–3.5 dm; with fibrous roots. <b>Stems</b> few to many, sometimes solitary (<i></i>var.<i> meadii</i>), ascending or erect, often decumbent proximally, unbranched or branched above base, hairs sparse to moderately dense, spreading, long, soft, eglandular, mixed with short stipitate-glandular hairs. <b>Leaves</b> green or brownish in upland forms, linear-lanceolate to widely lanceolate, linear, elliptic, obovate, or oblong, rarely ovate or cup-shaped, (0.6–)0.8–5 cm, fleshy or not, margins plane, flat, 3–5(–7)-lobed, apex rounded to obtuse or acuminate, abaxial surface often stipitate-glandular, adaxial sometimes shiny, glabrous; lobes ascending to erect, linear to lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1.5–9(–13) × 1–4 cm; bracts proximally green, rarely brownish purple, distally white, cream, pink, or purple on apices, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, (0–)3–5(–7)-lobed; lobes ascending or divaricate-ascending, oblong to linear, short to long, arising below or above mid length, central lobe apex usually rounded to truncate, others acute to obtuse. <b>Calyces</b> green to pale yellowish green or tipped with white or purple, 8–23 mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts 5–9 mm, 33–50(–67)% of calyx length, lateral 2–5.5 mm, 20–40% of calyx length; lobes linear or narrowly lanceolate to oblong or ± triangular, apex acuminate or narrowly acute to obtuse or rounded. <b>Corollas</b> straight, 14–24 mm; tube 11–21 mm, expanded distally; abaxial lip and beak usually exserted, beak straight or slightly curved, adaxially white, yellow, or pink, sometimes green or purplish, (1–)4–7 mm, sparsely to densely short-hairy; abaxial lip pale to bright yellow, sometimes becoming pink, orange, or red after anthesis, with red-brown or purple spots at base of each tooth and sometimes at base of each pouch, conspicuous, pouches 3, ± prominent, divergent, saccate, 2–7 × 3–7 mm, (33–)60–75(–90)% as long as beak; teeth erect, sometimes spreading, white, pink, purple, or green, often with whitish bases, 1–3 mm. <b>Filaments</b> glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Castilleja ambigua</i> is a complex species, treated here with four varieties, though many localized variations exist among populations, and these are still incompletely understood.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Bract lobes linear; stems erect; moist inland meadows and vernal pools on volcanic substrates; c Napa County, California.
|[[Castilleja ambigua var. meadii|Castilleja ambigua var. meadii]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Bract lobes linear to oblong; stems ± decumbent, at least proximally; coastal salt marshes, margins of brackish estuaries, coastal sandy bluffs, mesic to ± xeric inland grasslands; British Columbia to California.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Bracts pink to purple distally; stems unbranched or few-branched from mid stem; salt marshes; Humboldt Bay region, nw California.
|[[Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis|Castilleja ambigua var. humboldtiensis]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Bracts white distally, rarely pink or cream; stems often branched from base; salt marshes, sandy coastal bluffs, inland grasslands; British Columbia to California.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Corolla beaks usually white or yellow, abaxial lips yellow; salt marshes, sandy coastal bluffs, inland grasslands; s British Columbia to c California.
|[[Castilleja ambigua var. ambigua|Castilleja ambigua var. ambigua]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Corolla beaks usually pink to purplish, abaxial lips yellow, becoming white and then red or soft pink-purple; grassy coastal bluffs and adjacent sand dunes; vicinity of Monterey Bay, California.
|[[Castilleja ambigua var. insalutata|Castilleja ambigua var. insalutata]]
|}
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name=Castilleja ambigua
|authority=Hooker & Arnott
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orobanchaceae
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Beechey Voy.,
|publication year=1833
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_1017.xml
|genus=Castilleja
|species=Castilleja ambigua
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