genus castilleia

Noun
  1. Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses (synset 112900479)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: indian paintbrush, painted cup - any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
    belongs to: family scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, scrophulariaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
    same as: castilleia, castilleja, genus castilleja

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