Flora:Dixon's Paintbrush
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
| Castilleja miniata var. dixonii |
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Links
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Description
Dixon's Paintbrush grows near the sea, all up the Oregon and Washington coastlines. There is some argument over whether it is biologically distinct from Giant Red Indian Paintbrush.
Tips on identifying Paintbrushes and Owl's Clover
Paintbrushes are unusual plants. The bright colors that we usually think of as flowers are actually specially adapted bracts. The true flowers are usually a light yellowish green and have five petals. Many paintbrushes are partially parasitic on other plants. Plants from the same genus that lack the brightly colored bracts are often called Owl's Clover.
| very little hair;non-notched leaves; grows above 3000 feet | Giant Red Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja miniata var. miniata |
| very little hair;non-notched leaves; grows near the coast | Dixon's Paintbrush | Castilleja miniata var. dixonii |
| hairy;upper leaves have a large lobe on each side and often a small tip lobe on each side | Harsh Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja hispida |
| 3-5 lobe leaves;pink to rose bracts;grows in subalpine and alpine areas | Small Flowered Paintbrush | Castilleja parviflora |
| upper leaves notched;green flower extends beyond bracts;grows in subalpine meadows | Bog Paintbrush | Castilleja suksdorfii |
| deeply cut, hairy leaves, with lateral lobes as wide as the center, often shaped like a cross;grows in rocky areas over 3000 feet | Frosted Paintbrush | Castilleja pruinosa |
| very deeply cut leaves, with lateral lobes as wide as the center;grows in rocky areas over 3000 feet | Cliff Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja rupicola |
| three lobed leaves, center lobe wider;magenta colored bracts | Henry Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola |
| 5-7 lobed leaves;bright yellow bracts almost glow;bracts overlay each other making narrow plant top;threatened in Washington, may be extinct in Oregon | Golden Paintbrush | Castilleja levisecta |
| small plant;narrow green leaves;very light yellow-green bracts;yellow flowers;grows in the Wallowa Mountains | Wallowa Paintbrush | Castilleja chrysantha |
| small plant;narrow green leaves;almost white bracts;white flowers;grows in eastern Washington and Oregon | Cusick's Paintbrush | Castilleja cusickii |
| green, two lobed leaves;yellow-green bracts;white flowers;grows in eastern Oregon | Sticky Paintbrush | Castilleja glandulifera |
| branches stems;hairy, multi-lobed leaves with a gray cast;bright red bracts;red flowers;grows in eastern Oregon | Desert Paintbrush | Castilleja chromosa |
| narrow leaves with wrinkled edges;bracts have green bases, yellow band, bright red tips;grows in eastern and southern Oregon | Wavy Leaved Paintbrush | Castilleja applegatei |
| shrubby;hairy;narrow pale leaves with a yellow cast;light yellow bracts;grows in eastern Washington;parasitic on Stiff Sagebrush | Thompson's Paintbrush | Castilleja thompsonii |
| dark, purplish leaves;yellow-green bracts with white tips;yellow flowers with red tips;grows near the ocean | Johnny Nip | Castilleja ambigua |
| yellow-green leaves;green bracts;white flowers | Hairy Owl's Clover | Castilleja tenuis |
| bright green, narrow leaves;green bracts with white tips;white flowers | Narrowleaf Owl's Clover | Castilleja attenuata |
There are other Paintbrushes more common in southern Oregon.
Contributors
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