Castilleja lasiorhyncha Calflora

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Taxon Report

Castilleja lasiorhyncha (A. Gray) T. I. Chuang & Heckard

San bernardino mountains owl's clover, San bernardino mtns. owl's clover

Castilleja lasiorhyncha is an annual herb (hemiparasitic) that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Orthocarpus lasiorhynchus

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~162 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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

Habitat: meadows, pebble-plain

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Orthocarpus lasiorhynchus

Information about Castilleja lasiorhyncha from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CALA69) 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 CNPS Inventory: 1B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Limited Range, Habitat: Most of the plant's range is in the San Bernardino Mountains, where it grows in forests and meadows. Castilleja lasiorhyncha only existing populations are in San Bernardino County and possibly San Diego County, with historical occurrences also known from Riverside County. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

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: 03/28/2025).