View source for Castilleja minor

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Castilleja minor
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California
|place=1: 573. 1876
|year=1876
|other_info_on_pub=(as Castilleia)
}}
|common_names=Seep or thread-torch paintbrush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Castilleja affinis var. minor
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication_place=2(1): 119. 1859
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orobanchaceae;Castilleja;Castilleja minor
|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 minor]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 569, 627, 631, 636
|treatment_page=page 630
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, 2–10(–15) dm; with a short taproot or small, fibrous root system. <b>Stems</b> solitary or few, erect, unbranched, rarely branched distally, hairs sparse to dense, spreading, sometimes shaggy (<i></i>var.<i> minor</i>), short to long, soft to stiff, eglandular and/or sparsely to densely stipitate-glandular. <b>Leaves</b> green or purple to ± gray, linear to lanceolate, 2–10 cm, not fleshy, margins plane, sometimes wavy, ± involute, 0-lobed, apex acuminate to acute, sometimes obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–40 × 1–4 cm; bracts proximally greenish, distally red, red-orange, or pale orange, rarely yellow, on apices, narrowly lanceolate, sometimes narrowly oblong to spatulate distally, 0-lobed, plane-margined, apex acuminate (oblong to narrowly spatulate in <i></i>var.<i> spiralis</i>). <b>Calyces</b> green or yellowish green, 13–27(–28) mm; abaxial and adaxial clefts 6–15 mm, 33–75% of calyx length, deeper than laterals, lateral 0.5–4 mm, 5–20% of calyx length; lobes linear to narrowly triangular or narrowly lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate. <b>Corollas</b> straight, 13–39 mm; tube 11–16(–20) mm; beak partially to completely exserted, sometimes included, adaxially yellow, pale orange to red-orange, reddish brown, green, or white, 5–15(–20) mm; abaxial lip yellow, white, red, deep red, red-violet, or green, colored as or strongly contrasting with rest of corolla, small but jutting out at 90° from axis of corolla, often readily visible through abaxial cleft, 1–3 mm, 5–25% as long as beak; teeth spreading to strongly incurved, green, white, yellow, red, or red-purple, 0.2–1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Castilleja minor</i> is a widespread specialist of seeps, saline shores, and wet ground at moderate elevations. California has many populations on serpentine substrates. Most of the varieties have distinct ranges with little overlap, with the exception of the edaphic obligate <i></i>var.<i> spiralis</i>, which is restricted to serpentine substrates.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corolla beaks 5–8(–10) mm, usually 1/3 or less of length of corollas, included to more often partially exserted from calyces.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Abaxial lips of corollas red to reddish purple; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, soft; mountains of c, e Arizona and adjacent New Mexico southward.
|[[Castilleja minor var. minor|Castilleja minor var. minor]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Abaxial lips of corollas whitish, pale green, or pale yellowish; leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, coarse; widespread in Great Basin region.
|[[Castilleja minor var. exilis|Castilleja minor var. exilis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corolla beaks 8–15(–20) mm, usually 1/3+ of length of corollas, exserted from calyces.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Proximal bracts narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, distals oblong to narrowly spatulate, apices rounded or obtuse, rarely acute; abaxial lips of corollas red.
|[[Castilleja minor var. spiralis|Castilleja minor var. spiralis]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, apices acuminate; abaxial lips of corollas whitish, rarely greenish or pale yellow (sometimes red in c Arizona).
|[[Castilleja minor var. stenantha|Castilleja minor var. stenantha]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Castilleja minor
|authority=(A. Gray) A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Castilleja affinis var. minor
|family=Orobanchaceae
|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;nw Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California
|publication year=1876
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_1112.xml
|genus=Castilleja
|species=Castilleja minor
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