Paintbrushes
Paintbrushes
Castilleja
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
The Americas
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Paintbrushes are perennial herbaceous plants native to the western Americas. They are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Castilleja