Castilleja christii is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name Christ's Indian paintbrush. It is endemic to Idaho in the United States, where there is a single population on Mount Harrison in the Albion Mountains in the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest. It is one of Idaho's rarest plants.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of John Christ's paintbrush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Castilleja gracillima
- Castilleja peirsonii
- Castilleja lutescens
- Castilleja elmeri
- Castilleja flava
- Castilleja unalaschcensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Castilleja
- Species
- Castilleja christii
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