Orthocarpus

Orthocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Orthocarpus; Nutt.
Species
	See text

Orthocarpus, or owl's-clover,^[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They are native to North America. A number of species formerly included in Orthocarpus have been transferred to the genus Castilleja, which includes the plants commonly known as Indian paintbrush. Plants of the genus are generally less than 30 centimetres (1 ft) in height.^[2]

Some animal species such as the Edith's checkerspot butterfly use these plants as hosts during ovipositing.^[3]

Species[]

Species include:

Orthocarpus bracteosus Benth.
Orthocarpus cuspidatus Greene
(T.I. Chuang & Heckard) L. M. Shultz & F. J. Smith
Orthocarpus imbricatus Torr. ex S.Watson
Orthocarpus luteus Nutt.
Orthocarpus pachystachyus A.Gray
(Pursh) Benth.
Hook. & Arn.

References[]

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "ORTHO". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
^ Murphy; Launer, Ehrlich (1983). "The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha". Oecologia. 56 (2): 257–263. doi:10.1007/bf00379699. PMID 28310203.

"Genus: Orthocarpus Nutt". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2008-03-01.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "ORTHO". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[2] Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 60. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.

[two-3] Murphy; Launer, Ehrlich (1983). "The Role of Adult Feeding in Egg Production and Population Dynamics of the Checkerspot Butterfly Euphydryas editha". Oecologia. 56 (2): 257–263. doi:10.1007/bf00379699. PMID 28310203.

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