Castilleja lanata (White-Woolly Indian-Paintbrush)

Family

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Common Name

White-Woolly Indian-Paintbrush

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S5	G5		D

Distribution

In Trans-Pecos Texas, SW New Mexico, SE Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Habitat

Dry rocky slopes and hillsides up to the P-J zone.

Important Literature

Holmgren, N.H. 1976. Four new species of Mexican Castilleja and their relatives. Brittonia 28:195-208.

Nesom, G.L. 1992. A new species of Castilleja from southcentral Texas with comments on other Texas taxa. Phytologia 72(3):209-230.

Olsen, M.C. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Castilleja in New Mexico. Unpubl. M.S. Thesis, UNM.

Information Compiled By

Robert Sivinski 1998