. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Notes 299 Status of the Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta (Scrophulariaceae) in Canada^ George W. Douglas and Michael Ryan' Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Paries, Resource Inventory Brancii, Box 9344, Station Provincial , British Columbia VST 9MI, Canada 'Present address: 4477 Wilivinson Road, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 5C2, Canada Douglas, George W., and Michael Ryan. 1999. Status of the Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta (Scrophulariaceae) in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113(2): 29
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Notes 299 Status of the Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta (Scrophulariaceae) in Canada^ George W. Douglas and Michael Ryan' Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Paries, Resource Inventory Brancii, Box 9344, Station Provincial , British Columbia VST 9MI, Canada 'Present address: 4477 Wilivinson Road, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 5C2, Canada Douglas, George W., and Michael Ryan. 1999. Status of the Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta (Scrophulariaceae) in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 113(2): 299-301. In Canada, Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta, has been collected on southeastern Vancouver Island and some adjacent small islands. Populations at two sites have been confirmed in recent years while the species has probably been extirpated at seven previous collection sites. The confirmed populations collectively represent the northern range limit of C. levisecta. Threats to the two confirmed populations include marine oil disasters and increasing presence of introduced species. Key Words: Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta, British Columbia, endangered, distribution, population size. The Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta Greenman, is a member of a genus of about 150 to 200 species, most of which occur in North America (Ownbey 1959). It is one of 20 species occurring in British Columbia (Douglas 1991) and about 25 occurring in Canada (Scoggan 1979). Castilleja levi- secta is not known to have any medicinal or eco- nomic uses. Castilleja levisecta is a multistemmed perennial herb, 10-50 cm tall, in which the non-showy, two- lipped flowers are enclosed in bright yellow bracts (Figure 1). The glandular-pubescent leaves are entire to lobed. General Biology Very little information is available on the general biology of Castilleja levisecta. It is likely that this species parasitizes the roots of other species occur- ring in the same habitat. No studies have be
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