Castilleja exserta ssp. venusta Calflora

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Taxon Report

Castilleja exserta (A. Heller) T. I. Chuang & Heckard ssp. venusta (A. Heller) T. I. Chuang & Heckard

Exserted indian paintbrush, Purple owl's clover

Castilleja exserta ssp. venusta is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~101 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Parent:	Castilleja exserta
Genus:	Castilleja
Family:	Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Orthocarpus purpurascens var. ornatus
PLANTS	Orthocarpus purpurascens var. venustus
POWO	Castilleja exserta var. venusta

Information about Castilleja exserta ssp. venusta from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CAEXV) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).