Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Castilleja arvensis
cresta de gallo, cola de borrego, garañona, field Indian paintbrush
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Orobanchaceae
Genus
Castilleja
Species
arvensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Castilleja communis Benth. Family changed from Scrophulariaceae to Orobanchaceae (POWO, 2023).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Castilleja arvensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=747. Accessed 3 November 2026.