The Vascular Plants of Iowa

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Group Name:
Angiosperms: Dicotyledons
Family Name:
Scrophulariaceae
Genus:
Castilleja Mutis ex L. f. Mutis ex L. f.
Species:
Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
Species Common Name:
Downy painted cup
Habitat:
Prairie openings on bluffs; dry prairie ridges; tops of loess bluffs
Abundance and Distribution:
Infrequent northern half and southwest
Origin:
Native
Iowa and Its Flora:
More information about plants of Paleozoic Plateau: Hill Prairies
Link to this record:
http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/vpi/DetailsPage.aspx?species_id=SPEd1e11677