Castilleja sessiliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common names downy Indian paintbrush and downy paintedcup. It is native to the Great Plains of North America from southern Canada, through the central United States, to northern Mexico. It occurs as far west as the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Growth form USDASingle Crown
Hedge toleranceNone
Known allelopathNo
Leaf retentionNo
Low growing grassNo
Root depth min10 in
Shape and orientationSemi-Erect
Small grainNo
Woodinessvariable
Physiology & chemistry18
Anaerobic toleranceNone
C:N ratioMedium
Caco3 toleranceMedium
Cold stratification requiredNo
Drought toleranceHigh
Fertility requirementLow
Fire resistantNo
Fire toleranceMedium
Frost free days min120 days
Moisture useLow
Nitrogen fixation levelNone
Precipitation max32 in
Precipitation min16 in
Salinity toleranceNone
Shade toleranceHigh
Soil pH max7.4 pH
Soil pH min6 pH
Temperature min-38 °F
Uses & economy13
Berry nut seed productNo
Christmas tree productNo
Commercial availabilityRoutinely Available
Fodder productNo
Lumber productNo
Naval store productNo
Nursery stock productNo
Palatable humanNo
Post productNo
Pulpwood productNo
Seeds per pound1 540 000 per lb
ToxicityNone
Veneer productNo
Other traits4
Fall conspicuousNo
Fruit seed abundanceMedium
Fruit seed conspicuousNo
Fruit seed persistenceNo
03Chemical composition4 compounds
Compounds documented for Castilleja sessiliflora across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Iridoids monoterpenoids3
Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids1
Documented compounds4 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Adoxoside
present
LOTUS
Melittoside
present
LOTUS
Mussaenoside
present
LOTUS
Verbascoside
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 sessiliflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections1
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★rbcLa★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCastilleja sessiliflora 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.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 241×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: A Löve (ed.), IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31(2): 344–360.
n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Heckard & Chuang 1977
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 677≤1 km 156≤10 km 44>10 km 312
1 189 georeferenced · 271 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 460
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 56≤1 km 186≤10 km 381>10 km 93
716 georeferenced · 297 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 013
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 institutions50 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
231
St. Paul, US
91
Bronx, US
82
Austin, US
53
Madison, US
51
Albuquerque, US
46
Bozeman, US
39
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
38
Chadron, US
37
Spearfish, US
32
WTUlocation not on record
32
Denver, US
28
EL PASO, US
25
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
21
Fort Worth, US
20
Missoula, US
18
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
13
ASUlocation not on record
12
Saint Louis, US
9
Lubbock, US
8
Riverside, US
8
WINlocation not on record
8
Bloomington, US
7
Lincoln, US
7
Mexico City, MX
6
Moscow, US
6
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
Durango, MX
4
Austin, US
4
Bangkok, TH
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Tampa, US
4
Phoenix, US
4
Flagstaff, US
3
Claremont, US
3
Chapel Hill, US
3
Waverly, US
3
Grand Junction, US
2
Dekalb, US
2
Davenport, US
2
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
2
Brookings, US
2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record
2
Denton, US
2
BAYLUlocation not on record
2
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Whitewater, US
1
Pullman, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Chicago, US
1
Taipei, TW
1
Boise, US
1
GB
1
Orem, US
1
Fargo, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Zacatecas, MX
1
Columbia, US
1
67 institutions · 1 008 of 1 013 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Castilleja sessiliflora 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
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 median15.0 °C 15.0–15.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter34.9 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C
Min temp (night)10.2 °C
Precipitation68.1 mm/mo
Air humidity54.9 %
Moisture balance-49.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit770 Pa
Wind speed2.20 m/s
Cloud cover43.7 %
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 Facility2 473 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗