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Organ Mountain Indian paintbrush
Scientific Name: Castilleja organorum
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Organ Mountain Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja organorum)
The Castilleja organorum, commonly known as the Organ Mountain Indian Paintbrush, is a forb/herb, meaning it is a non-woody plant that is not a grass.
Common Names
- Organ Mountain Indian Paintbrush
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Castilleja organorum Standl.
- Family: Scrophulariaceae
- Taxonomic Status: Accepted
- ITIS TSN: 33074
Distribution and Habitat
- Primarily found in the Organ Mountains, near El Paso, and the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
- Observed in Aguirre Springs, Organ Mountains, New Mexico.
- Also found in the Sacramento Mountains and the Chihuahuan desert.
Related Species
- Castilleja annua Pennell - Fairbanks annual Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja Blumeri - Rincon Indian paintbrush, Rincon Mountain Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja dissitiflora - Mt. Hamilton Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja integra - Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush, Southwestern Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja affinis - Coast Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja ambigua - Johnny-nip Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja brevistyla
- Castilleja chrymactis Pennell - Green Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja sulphurea - Sulphur Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja oresbia - Pale Wallowa Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja tenuiflora - Catalina Indian paintbrush
- Castilleja lanata - Sierra woolly paintbrush
- Castilleja parviflora
- Castilleja linariaefolia (PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft). The flowers are hermaphrodite)
Ecological Role
- Some Castilleja species are partially or fully parasitic.