- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447290-2
- Publication
- Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society
- Collation
- 54(4): 335 (334-342; figs. 1-3)
- Date of Publication
- dt. 2007; issued 18 Feb 2008
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Scrophulariaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- M. Fairbarns s.n.
- Locality
- vernal pool on W side of Trial Island, ca. 0.5 km from SE corner of city of Victoria, Vancouver island ... alt. ca. 4 m
- Collection Date
- 21 Jul 2005
- Type Herbaria
- holotype WTU
isotype CAN
isotype US - Distribution Of Types
- British Columbia (Western Canada, Northern America)
Remarks
Castilleja victoriae is described from the vicinity of southwestern Victoria, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and from San Juan Co., Washington, U.S.A. It is an annual member of subg. Colacus (Jeps.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard, sect. Oncorhynchus (Lehm.) T.I. Chuang & Heckard, formerly placed in the genus Orthocarpus Nutt. It is apparently most closely related to either Castilleja ambigua Hook. & Arn. or Castilleja tenuis (A. Heller) T.I. Chuang & Heckard. The new species differs primarily in its uniformly dull reddish-brown floral bracts and calyces, bicolored and unspotted corollas, and restrictive habitat requirements (vide abstract). Etymology: This species is named in memory of Victoria Zessin of Oregon and Nebraska (d. 1980) ... as well as for the city of Victoria, near which it was first discovered..