Blue
Canyon - March 28, 2014
Blue
Canyon - March 28, 2014
April
29, 2005 - Antelope Island, Davis
County, Utah
April
29, 2005 - Antelope Island, Davis
County, Utah
Photo Details
©Nicky Davis
1. 2. Located 28 March 2014 at Blue Canyon, Tooele County, Utah - N.
40.34361, W.-112.60306, Elevation 5830 feet
3.
bracts, 4.
flower in habitat with a host
plant, sagebrush - April 29, 2005 - Antelope Island, Davis
County, Utah
Description
syn:
species:
Applegatei, ssp. martinii
A foot tall
with bracts that
vary from pink to orange and red. Bracts and sepals are cupped and the
tips of some
bracts, sepals,
and leaves are deeply cut into three lobes. Paintbrush
is hemiparasitic (partially parasitic) and is with it's host plant
sagebrush in this
photo. Greasewood is
another host plant it may use. Many botanist now place paintbrush in
the genus Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) because of its
hemiparasitic nature.
Other
Host plant for the Fulvia - Thessalia fulvia, Variable -Euphydryas chalcedona and
Leanira - Thessalia leanira
Checkerspot Butterflies.
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