Castilleja pulchella Rydb.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Idaho

• County/Municipio

  Boundary Co.

• Locality

  Purcell Mountains, Kaniksu National Forest, Copper Ridge Road. Open granitic (?) knob above road ca 1.75 air miles SSW of Canuck Pass and ca. 1.75 miles below Ruby Ridge.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1673 m. (5489 ft.)

• Coordinates

  48.9047, -116.08

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

C, a/fw lekt IL
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO HERBARIUM (ID)
FLORA OF NORTHERN IDAHO
.Castilleja cusickii Greenm.
BOUNDARY CO: Purcell Mountains, Kanik.su
National Forest, Copper Ridge Road. Open gran
-itic (?) knob above road ca 1.75 air miles
SSW of Canuck Pass and ca lh miles below Ruby
Ridge, elevation 5490'. 48°54l17" L tl® 3*
long. Abundant caespitose per herb on mossy
rocks and narrow ledges especially on the
steep (nearly 170%) NE facing side of knob.
With Arenaria capillaris, Penstemon attenuatus
Cheilanthes gracillima, Cryptogramma crispa
Juniperus communis, Saxifraga ferruginea, and
Luzula campestris. Infl. glandular; lvs green
-ish, broad and w/ 2 well-dev lat lobes (occ
the central lobe dissected irreg); bracts
pale greenish-yellow below, the upper ^ lined
w/ pale reddish-purple (younger brcts deeper
reddish-purple and w/ pale yellow-cream tips)
calyx cleft nearly sub=, a bit deeper on the
abaxial, each seg ending in two broadly round
-ed teeth, the entire calyx only 2-4 mm short
-er than the corolla; corolla transp below,
yellowish-green on the distal, the upper lip
surpassing the lower by only 3 mm at most in
fresh condition.
Collected by:
Douglass Henderson 6715
and Anita Cholewa
11 JUL 83
03260293