Orthocarpus

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 Orthocarpus subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Orthocarpus (Greek, straight fruit, which distinguishes this genus from Melampyrum). Scrophulariaceae. Annual and perennial herbs, which may be transferred to gardens: Lvs. alternate, incised, those in the infl. sometimes colored: fls. mostly white, yellow or cream-colored, sometimes marked, in spikes; corolla tubular, 2-lipped; calyx 4-cleft; stamens 4.—-Species about 30, W. N. Amer., and 1 in S. Amer. O. purpurescens, Benth., is something like the painted cup (Castilleja). It is a Californian annual, growing a foot high, with gaudy bracts, and crimson or purple corolla 1-1¼ in. long, the lower lip white-tipped and with yellow or purple markings. It is a common and showy plant growing in the Sierra Nevada foothills, the interior valleys and Coast ranges. This plant was offered in 1891.


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