Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Castilleja parviflora var. albida

Castilleja parviflora Bong. var. albida (Pennell) Ownbey

Pale Small-flowered Paintbrush, Smallflower Indian Paintbrush

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Synonym(s): Castilleja oreopola ssp. albida

USDA Symbol: CAPAA3

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

All species of Castilleja are believed to be hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbes.

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 1 foot tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Red , Pink , Yellow , Green , Purple
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep

Distribution

USA: WA
Canada: BC
Native Habitat: Moist to wet meadows, snowmelt streams, receding shorelines, subalpine to lower alpine.

Web Reference

Webref 62 - Burke Herbarium Image Collection (2020) University of Washington
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Castilleja parviflora var. albida in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Castilleja parviflora var. albida in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Castilleja parviflora var. albida

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-09
Research By: CBR

Go back