Castilleja patriotica (Huachuca Mountain Indian-Paintbrush)

Family

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Common Name

Huachuca Mountain Indian-Paintbrush

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S3?	G4		D

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental from Arizona to Durango; most common in Chihuahua. In NM, it occurs only in the Animas Mts.

Habitat

Moderately dry, rocky slopes in chaparral, montane meadows, and pine forests.

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