The Tiburon paintbrush or Tiburon Indian paintbrush (''Castilleja neglecta'' syn. for ''Castilleja affinis'' subsp. ''neglecta'') is an
endangered taxon of flowering plant in the family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ''Striga'') were formerly included in th ...
. It is
endemic
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to the
San Francisco Bay Area
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in
California
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in the United States, where it occurs in
Marin,
Napa, and
Santa Clara Counties.
[''Castilleja affinis'' ssp. ''neglecta''.]
NatureServe. 2012.
This plant is listed as threatened by the state of California
[State and Federally Listed Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants of California.]
California Department of Fish and Wildlife. July, 2013. and endangered by the United States government.
Tiburon paintbrush (''Castilleja affinis'' ssp. ''neglecta'').
Species Profile. United States Fish and Wildlife Service.[''Castilleja affinis'' subsp. ''neglecta'').]
USDA PLANTS.
Description
This plant is a perennial herb with a bristly green and purplish stem 15 to 60 centimeters tall. The lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and lobed or not. The inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
is up to 2.5 centimeters wide and has bracts in shades of yellow, sometimes to pink or reddish orange. The flowers are roughly 2 centimeters long and vary from green to purple with red or yellow margins.[''Castilleja affinis'' ssp. ''neglecta''.]
The Jepson Manual eFlora 2012.
The plant grows on serpentine soils below 300 meters in elevation.[
]
See also
* Rare species
* Endangered Species Recovery Plan
References
External links
CalPhotos
neglecta
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Critically endangered flora of California
Tiburon, California
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