Castilleja linariifolia is a perennial plant, native to the United States and is the state flower of Wyoming. It has a number of common names including Wyoming Indian paintbrush, narrow-leaved Indian paintbrush, desert paintbrush, Wyoming desert paintbrush, Wyoming paintbrush, linaria-leaved Indian Paintbrush, and Indian paintbrush. Castilleja linariifolia pinkish flowers
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Woodinessvariable
05DNA & barcoding6 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 linariifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections5
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL2★trnL-F★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCastilleja linariifolia 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.
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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 893≤1 km 321≤10 km 144>10 km 170
2 528 georeferenced · 784 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 312
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 175≤1 km 589≤10 km 609>10 km 63
1 436 georeferenced · 1 460 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 896
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 institutions68 of 99 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
393
WTUlocation not on record
169
Flagstaff, US
154
Claremont, US
148
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
137
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
135
Albuquerque, US
130
Riverside, US
126
ASUlocation not on record
123
Moscow, US
109
Phoenix, US
91
Pullman, US
88
Provo, US
68
Santa Barbara, US
61
Logan, US
50
Denver, US
48
Corvallis, US
42
Caldwell, US
41
Boise, US
41
Durango, US
40
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
35
Pocatello, US
32
San Diego, US
28
Grand Junction, US
27
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
26
Orem, US
26
Arcata, US
23
San Luis Obispo, US
21
Angwin, US
20
Davis, US
19
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
19
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
18
Los Angeles, US
17
Wuzhou, CN
16
Chadron, US
15
CASlocation not on record
15
Tampa, US
14
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
14
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
12
Pittsburg, US
11
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
10
Missoula, US
10
US
10
Henderson, US
9
San Angelo, US
9
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
8
EL PASO, US
8
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
8
Irvine, US
8
VALElocation not on record
7
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
7
Saint Louis, US
7
Northridge, US
6
Mexico City, MX
6
Bloomington, US
6
Bangkok, TH
6
Ashland, US
5
Long Beach, US
5
Bend, US
5
St. Paul, US
4
San Jose, US
4
Millersville, US
3
Columbia, US
3
Burlington, US
3
San Francisco, US
3
Mexico City, MX
2
Dekalb, US
2
Tuscaloosa, US
2
Fullerton, US
2
Cheney, US
2
Vancouver, CA
2
Tacoma, US
2
IDElocation not on record
2
US
2
Ensenada, MX
1
Tempe, US
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
Macomb, US
1
BAYLUlocation not on record
1
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
1
US
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
New Mexico State Universitylocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record
1
USFSlocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Green Bay, US
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Denton, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Bozeman, US
1
99 institutions · 2 805 of 2 896 vouchered records shown · 91 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Castilleja linariifolia 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Rocky Knoll, no weeds (no Alyssum, cheatgrass)
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 median14.0 °C 14.0–14.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.6 °C
Max temp (day)21.0 °C
Min temp (night)7.10 °C
Precipitation69.6 mm/mo
Air humidity50.2 %
Moisture balance-80.5 mm/mo
Vapour deficit801 Pa
Wind speed1.90 m/s
Cloud cover23.4 %
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 Foundation4 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 208 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗