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Castilleja sulphurea

Common names: sulphur paintbrush, Sulphur paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, Yellow Paintbrush

Authority: Rybd.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Orobanchaceae

Regional status: native

Roles: study subject, host plant, secondary removal target, food plant, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 33083

Synonyms: C. sulphurea, Casu, Castilleja sulphurea, CASSUL, castilleja_sulphurea, Castilleja

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 83 | Mentions: 102

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (83)

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

article

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyRole: study subject

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Documents (14)

technical report

1980

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Document

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

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technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

environmental assessment

Co-occurring Species

Castilleja rhexiifolia

Orobanchaceae102 shared papers

Castilleja miniata

Orobanchaceae102 shared papers

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae97 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae57 shared papers

Delphinium nuttallianum

Ranunculaceae52 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae52 shared papers

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae52 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae51 shared papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae51 shared papers

Ipomopsis tenuituba

Polemoniaceae50 shared papers

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

2022Role: study subject

article

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

2022Role: text_match

article

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zRole: text_match

student_paper

Variation of Pollen Mass Across Species, Habitat Types, and Time

2021Role: study subject

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: study subject

student_paper

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2020Role: study subject

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

article

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

article

Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

2019PLOS ONERole: study subject

article

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: text_match

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: study subject

student_paper

The Role of Castilleja spp. In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

2017Role: study subject

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: host plant

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereRole: host plant

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016Role: study subject

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

2015Role: text_match

article

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

article

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: study subject

student_paper

Expansion of herbaria data based on historically surveyed herbaceous plants in the Crested Butte area, Colorado.

2014Role: study subject

student_paper

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

article

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: study subject

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Does nutrient enrichment interact with Castilleja miniata to alter plant communities in montane meadows?

2012Role: secondary removal target

article

Polyploidy in Indian paintbrush (Castilleja; Orobanchaccae) species shapes but does not prevent gene flow across species boundaries

2012American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Ant presences alter plants: The impact Formica obscuripes presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Spatial distribution of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of hemiparasitism by Castilleja spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

2009Role: text_match

article

Tangled trios?: Characterizing a hybrid zone in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae)

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources

2008Role: text_match

article

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Context-dependent pollinator behavior: An explanation for patterns of hybridization among three species of Indian paintbrush

2007EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

thesis

Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

Hybridization and pollinator behavior in Castilleja (Orobanchaceae)

2006Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

2005Role: text_match

article

Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits

2004OikosRole: text_match

article

The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: food plant

student_paper

Effects of nectar availability, floral display, and herbivore damage on pollinator visitation rates in Castilleja miniata and Castilleja linariifolia

2002Role: text_match

article

Host effects on herbivory and pollination in a hemiparasitic plant

2002EcologyRole: text_match

article

The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Interspecific pollen transfer as a mechanism of competition: effect of Castilleja linariaefolia pollen on seed set of Ipomopsis aggregata

2000Canadian Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

chapter

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management

1999Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of interspecific pollen transfer between Ipomopsis aggregata and Castilleja linaerifolia (a case study of I. aggregata)

1997Role: text_match

student_paper

Competition for pollination in two montane plants: visitation and pollen load differences in Ipomopsis aggregata and Castilleja linarifolia

1992Role: text_match

student_paper

Comparison of pollinators on Castilleja miniata and Castilleja sulphurea

1986Role: text_match

article

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

Castilleja of the Gunnison Basin

1974Role: text_match

student_paper

A study of plant succession on the Gothic earthflow

1969Role: text_match

student_paper

Morphological variation in Castilleja

0Role: text_match

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Castilleja sulphurea

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (83)

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

Documents (14)

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Four Wheel Drive

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Moist Forests

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

Co-occurring Species

Castilleja rhexiifolia

Castilleja miniata

Castilleja

Ipomopsis aggregata

Delphinium nuttallianum

Delphinium

Delphinium barbeyi

Erigeron

Erigeron speciosus

Ipomopsis tenuituba

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

The Effect of Climate Change on Soil Organic Carbon over an Elevational Gradient

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

Variation of Pollen Mass Across Species, Habitat Types, and Time

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Investigating alpine plant community responses to simulated warming and dominant species removal at a low and high elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

The Role of <i>Castilleja spp.</i> In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

Expansion of herbaria data based on historically surveyed herbaceous plants in the Crested Butte area, Colorado.

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

Does nutrient enrichment interact with <i>Castilleja miniata</i> to alter plant communities in montane meadows?

Polyploidy in Indian paintbrush (<i>Castilleja</i>; Orobanchaccae) species shapes but does not prevent gene flow across species boundaries

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

Ant presences alter plants: The impact <i>Formica obscuripes</i> presence on plants and soil micro-anthropod diversity

Spatial distribution of mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

The effects of hemiparasitism by <i> Castilleja</i> spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

A test of species-area theory on a high disturbance area of the Gothic earthflow

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community