Orthocarpus luteus
Orobanchaceae
Yellow Owl's Clover
Plant stem straight, erect, seldom branched, yellow-green, sometimes tinted purple and covered with small glands, with long, coarse, stiff hairs. Leaves dark green, long, thin, with pointed tip, drying to blackish; upper leaves deeply lobed. Flower spike narrow; bracts divided into 3 pointed lobes, with central lobe largest. Flowers golden yellow, extending beyond bracts. Grows in moist meadows, sagebrush openings, at high elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Summer
- Flower Form: 5 petals, 2 lips (Scrophulariaceae)
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Height: 4–16 inches
- Habitat: East-side Forest, Meadow, Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: Steens
- Native: Yes
