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 chaparral and rocky desert and mountain slopes. Despite its common name, it does not occur in Texas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Castilleja foliolosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Iridoids monoterpenoids2
Documented compounds2 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Geniposide
present
LOTUS
Mussaenoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcoding1 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Castilleja foliolosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcLa
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualCastilleja foliolosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈751 151 165 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Castilleja foliolosa0.75 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
n 122×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chuang, T. I. & L. R. Heckard. 1993. Chromosome numbers of neotropical Castilleja (Scrophulariaceae: tribe Pediculareae) and their taxonomic implications. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 974–986.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HECKARD, L.R. 1968. Chromosome numbers and polyploidy in Castilleja (Scrophulariaceae). Brittonia 20: 212-226.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelContig
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type9 250 records
Wild obs. + sensor7 367
Museum / vouchered1 883
Origin
Native252
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 668 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 287≤1 km 642≤10 km 304>10 km 187
5 420 georeferenced · 1 947 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 367
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 151≤1 km 464≤10 km 394>10 km 27
1 036 georeferenced · 847 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 883
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions49 of 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
San Diego, US
371
Claremont, US
274
Riverside, US
161
Santa Barbara, US
127
Davis, US
72
CASlocation not on record
65
US
57
San Luis Obispo, US
49
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
46
Long Beach, US
39
WTUlocation not on record
34
Irvine, US
30
Los Angeles, US
29
Angwin, US
28
Arcata, US
26
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
24
Turlock, US
19
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
18
Phoenix, US
12
Moscow, US
11
ASUlocation not on record
11
Bronx, US
10
Mexico City, MX
10
EL PASO, US
9
Northridge, US
9
San Jose, US
9
San Bernardino, US
8
Mexico City, MX
7
Santa Cruz, US
6
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
6
Tampa, US
5
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
5
Bloomington, US
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
4
Flagstaff, US
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Logan, US
3
La Paz, MX
3
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
San Francisco, US
2
Provo, US
2
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Ensenada, MX
2
Boise, US
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Calabar, NG
2
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Corvallis, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Walla Walla, US
1
Austin, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Pullman, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Victoria, CA
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
65 institutions · 1 651 of 1 883 vouchered records shown · 232 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Castilleja foliolosa was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.7 °C 13.7–13.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.4 °C
Max temp (day)21.1 °C
Min temp (night)7.40 °C
Precipitation23.6 mm/mo
Air humidity47.6 %
Moisture balance-131 mm/mo
Vapour deficit827 Pa
Wind speed4.90 m/s
Cloud cover33.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 250 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗