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Texas Paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
  
About Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja foliolosa) 3 Nurseries Carry This Plant Castilleja foliolosa is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common names woolly Indian paintbrush and Texas Indian paintbrush. It is native to California and northern Baja California, where it grows in coastal sage scrub, chaparral and rocky desert and mountain slopes. Despite its common name, it does not occur in Texas. It is a parasitic or semi-parasitic plant on a variety of small shrubs such as Chamise, Golden Yarrow or Sagebrush. This perennial wildflower grows up to 60 centimeters tall and is coated in woolly white or gray branching hairs. The leaves are linear in shape and up to 5 centimeters long. The flower cluster is made up of layers of leaves tipped in bright orange-red to dull yellowish green. Between the colorful leaves appear the nondescript flowers, which are greenish in color and pouch-shaped. The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb, Annual herb

Size
Size
2 ft tall
2 ft wide

Dormancy
Dormancy
Summer Deciduous

Flower Color
Flower Color
Red, Yellow, White, Orange, Green

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Summer Irrigation
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established

Nurseries
Nurseries

Cold Tolerance
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 15° F

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast

Soil Description
Soil Description
Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0

Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens

Companion Plants
Companion Plants
It is found with most chaparral plants to which it attaches itself by the roots in a parasitic or semi-parasitic manner.

Maintenance
Maintenance
None

Propagation
Propagation?
Propagate by sowing seeds along with the seed of a host plant (chaparral shrub).  For propagating by seed: No treatment. Sow with seeds of an herbaceous perennial as some Castilleja species are obligate parasites. Bouteloua gracilis has been recommended as host.

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Dry, open places, rocky slopes of the coast, Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierras

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 2.7" - 63.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 2.84", Coldest Month: 38.5" - 58.8", Hottest Month: 58.6" - 88.5", Humidity: 0.63" - 39.01", Elevation: -304" - 8079"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Texas Indian Paintbrush, Woolly Indian Paintbrush, Woolly Paintbrush


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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