Castilleja applegatei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Castilleja |
| Species: | C. applegatei
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Castilleja applegatei flowerspike and characteristic wavy leaves
Castilleja applegatei is a species of Castilleja known by the common names Applegate's Indian paintbrush and wavyleaf Indian paintbrush.
It is native to the western United States. It is a short perennial with sticky, wavy-edged leaves. It bears bright, showy paintbrush-shaped inflorescences of small red to yellowish-red tubular flowers.
Like other species of Indian paintbrush, it is a root parasite. Although it can survive without parasitizing other plants, individuals which take a host grow faster and larger.
There are five subspecies. They are variable in appearance but distinguishable from other Castilleja species by the wavy margins and stickiness of the leaves.
External links[]
Media related to Castilleja applegatei at Wikimedia Commons- Calflora Database: Castilleja applegatei (Wavy Leaved Paintbrush, pine Indian paintbrush, wavy leaf paintbrush)
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Castilleja applegatei
Categories:
- Castilleja
- Flora of California
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Wyoming
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Orobanchaceae stubs