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Castilleja nana
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November 19, 2011, 02:48:38 PM »
Castilleja nana grows in dry, rocky alpine habitat. From the Sierra Nevada range east through Nevada with a toe hold in western Utah. You find it growing at elevations of 6500'-12000' (2000-3700m) It stands about 6"-10" (15-25cm) tall.
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1721
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_egger_castilleja/sets/72157624362938442/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_egger_castilleja/sets/72157624362669902/
A couple of my photos.
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Located in Reno/Sparks,NV zone 6-7
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
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Re: Castilleja nana
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November 19, 2011, 03:51:58 PM »
John, do you grow this one? It's a fine looking small species. I checked out the links, and looked through a variety of color forms shown on CalPhotos, here are some more selected links.
CalPhotos:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Castilleja+nana&where-anno=1
...selected photos:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0707+1581
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0707+1580
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+1102+0290
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Mark McDonough
Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border USDA Zone 5
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Mark
The high elevation species usually bloom in August through September and I never seem to get up to their elevation in October when the seed needs to be gathered but I keep an eye out for it. It's on may list.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
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Another really nice paintbrush! The CalPhoto pix show quite a range of colours, too. Identifying
Castilleja
in your area must be quite a challenge with all those species... (I find it baffling enough here with only 10 or so species and hybrids!)
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-30 C to +30 C (rarely!); elevation ~1130m; annual precipitation ~40 cm
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Lori
I find it to be a challenge no matter what I'm trying to ID. I found that the simplest way to ID a plant is to buddy up with a Botanist that knows the area. Now if you get two of them together it's best to wait until they hash things over and reach a conscience.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
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November 20, 2011, 12:22:29 PM »
Ha, great idea! Now what reasonably willing and quick-footed botanist could I drag out on hikes with us?
And, yes, your last observation applies equally well to expert geologists!
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Well, one is enough even if he isn't a botanist either. I often can't agree with myself
PS. I have just started gathering paintbrushes. Still waiting for the first flowers but I hope next summer. . . .
Can't forget the first paintbrush I ever saw - in a short-grass savannah-like meadow high up in Ecuador in October 2000! (Sorry, only oldfashioned slides)
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Rogaland, Norway - with cool, often rainy summers (29C max) and mild, often rainy winters (180 cm/year)!
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