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Paintbrushes

Castilleja

Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. These plants are classified in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae (following major rearrangements of the order Lamiales starting around 2001; sources which do not follow these reclassifications may

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

giant red paintbrush

speciesCastilleja miniata

Texas Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja indivisa

purple owl's-clover

speciesCastilleja exserta

Felt Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja foliolosa

Coast Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja affinis

Desert Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja chromosa

harsh paintbrush

speciesCastilleja hispida

Wholeleaf Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja integra

Wyoming Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja linariifolia

wavyleaf paintbrush

speciesCastilleja applegatei

Painted-cup paintbrush

speciesCastilleja coccinea

Rhexia-leaved paintbrush

speciesCastilleja rhexiifolia

dense-flowered owl's-clover

speciesCastilleja densiflora

Field Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja arvensis

mountain paintbrush

speciesCastilleja parviflora

Monterey paintbrush

speciesCastilleja latifolia

western paintbrush

speciesCastilleja occidentalis

valley tassels

speciesCastilleja attenuata

Santa Catalina Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja tenuiflora

northern paintbrush

speciesCastilleja septentrionalis

Camp Martin paintbrush

speciesCastilleja martini

Purple paintbrush

speciesCastilleja purpurea

Longleaf paintbrush

speciesCastilleja subinclusa

Wight's Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja wightii

Downy Painted-cup

speciesCastilleja sessiliflora

Seep Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja minor

Unalaska paintbrush

speciesCastilleja unalaschcensis

cream sacs

speciesCastilleja rubicundula

Thompson's paintbrush

speciesCastilleja thompsonii

Golden Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja levisecta

Johnny-nip

speciesCastilleja ambigua

dwarf paintbrush

speciesCastilleja nana

rough paintbrush

speciesCastilleja scabrida

Lindheimer's Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja lindheimeri

Pale Paintbrush Complex

complexCastilleja pallida

Cobwebby Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja arachnoidea

hairy owl's clover

speciesCastilleja tenuis

Castilleja fissifolia

speciesCastilleja fissifolia

Lemmon's paintbrush

speciesCastilleja lemmonii

Lemon Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja citrina

northwestern paintbrush

speciesCastilleja angustifolia

frosted paintbrush

speciesCastilleja pruinosa

Mendocino Coast paintbrush

speciesCastilleja mendocinensis

yellow paintbrush

speciesCastilleja flava

hairy paintbrush

speciesCastilleja pilosa

Raup's paintbrush

speciesCastilleja raupii

Woolly Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja lanata

Linear-lobed Owl's-clover

speciesCastilleja lineariloba

field owl's-clover

speciesCastilleja campestris

littoral paintbrush

speciesCastilleja litoralis

Southern Mountains Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja nelsonii

yellowish paintbrush

speciesCastilleja lutescens

cut-leaved paintbrush

speciesCastilleja lacera

Elmer's Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja elmeri

island paintbrush

speciesCastilleja hololeuca

Cliff Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja rupicola

Cusick's Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja cusickii

Castilleja integrifolia

speciesCastilleja integrifolia

Scorzonera-leafed Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja scorzonerifolia

Suksdorf's Paintbrush

speciesCastilleja suksdorfii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49340.