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| Castilleja raupii Pennell | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Castilleja | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Names: | Raup’s Indian paintbrush | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon – Mackenzie District – northern Alberta – northwestern Saskatchewan – Keewatin – northern Manitoba – northern Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern Saskatchewan; Lake Athabasca | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Athabasca Plain, Tazin Lake Upland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | upper lake beaches and moist forest-edge clearings | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | meadows and tundra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Raup’s Indian paintbrush is threatened because of extreme rarity in Saskatchewan. In addition, it is regionally restricted to the northern part of the province. No threats are known or anticipated for this species at the present time. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 30 – 50 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | usually several, slender, green or purplish, long or short-hairy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | on the stem, 2 – 5 mm wide, linear or lance-shaped, tip tapered to a long point, finely hairy, margin entire or occasionally with a pair of lateral lobes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | unbranched, dense, flowers sessile; bracts oval to lance-shaped, violet-purple, short-hairy, margin with a pair of lateral lobes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | sepals violet-purple, 4-lobed, short-hairy; petals 1.5 – 2 cm long, shorter than bracts, stiff-hairy, upper lip hooded, violet-purple; stamens 4, in two rows of two | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule | ||||||||||||||||||||
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