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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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| Castilleja raupii 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, puberulent to villous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | cauline, 2 – 5 mm wide, linear or lanceolate, apex attenuate, finely pubescent, margin entire or occasionally with a pair of lateral lobes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | spike dense; bracts oval to lanceolate, violet-purple, puberulent, margin with a pair of lateral lobes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | calyx violet-purple, 4-lobed, puberulent; corolla 1.5 – 2 cm long, shorter than bracts, hirsute, upper lip hooded, violet-purple; stamens 4, didynamous | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule | ||||||||||||||||||||
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