salt-marsh owl-clover

Castilleja ambigua

Member of owl’s clover
paintbrushes (genus Castilleja)
broomrape family (family Orobanchaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• corolla beak straight, puberulent
• inflorescence 20–40 mm wide
• corolla wider distally, pouches generally 3–7 mm wide
• stigma generally ± exserted
• branches generally many
• leaf lanceolate to oblong, > 3 mm wide
• scattered along Pacific coast, Oakland

Toxicity of paint brush, painted cup (Castilleja spp.):
0 – Non-toxic.

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora