⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Woodinessnon-woody
03Chemical composition2 compounds
Compounds documented for Castilleja wightii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids1
Iridoids monoterpenoids1
Documented compounds2 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Mussaenoside
present
LOTUS
Verbascoside
present
LOTUS
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
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 wightii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCastilleja wightii 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 · book-fedorov
CCDB · book-fedorov — Gillett {D. n. 1954)
n 121×CCDB · Cave1956supp
CCDB · Cave1956supp — Gillett 1954
n 241×CCDB · Cave1956supp
CCDB · Cave1956supp — Gillett 1954
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 accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 601≤1 km 114≤10 km 30>10 km 17
762 georeferenced · 189 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor951
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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 112≤10 km 178>10 km 4
306 georeferenced · 76 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence382
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 institutions21 of 27 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
WTUlocation not on record
40
CASlocation not on record
25
Claremont, US
12
Arcata, US
11
San Jose, US
8
San Francisco, US
8
Moscow, US
6
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
6
Riverside, US
6
Santa Barbara, US
5
San Luis Obispo, US
5
San Diego, US
4
Davis, US
4
Santa Cruz, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Pullman, US
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
Bronx, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Chapel Hill, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Phoenix, US
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Victoria, CA
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Macomb, US
1
US
1
27 institutions · 160 of 382 vouchered records shown · 222 without an institution code
