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Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Uncommon in the western half of NC and rare in the eastern half, this is the only species of Castilleja that grows naturally here. |
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Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Indian Paintbrush is another hemiparasitic plant, stealing some nutrients from the roots of other plants. |
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Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Harry LeGrand, Beth Brinson, and others check out the wildflowers and butterflies in this glade, dominated by Scarlet Indian Paintbrush! |
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Wyoming Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA 11 July 2007 According to Mark Egger, while the species is widespread in the western US, this unusual color form is endemic to the east slope of the central California Sierra Nevada. |
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Wyoming Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) West of Sonora Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA 11 July 2007 |
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Lemmon's Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja lemmonii) Tuolumne Meadows near Tioga Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA 16 July 2007 Endemic to the Sierra Nevada. |
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Lemmon's Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja lemmonii) Tuolumne Meadows near Tioga Pass, Tuolumne Co., CA 16 July 2007 |
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Pierson's Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja piersonii) Saddlebag Lake, Tuolumne Co., CA 17 July 2007 Endemic to the Sierra Nevada, this taxon is listed as C. parviflora in the Jepson Manual to the Flora of CA. |
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Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei ssp. disticha) Near Fresno Dome, Madera Co., CA 10 July 2007 Scarlet color form. Considered by some authorities to deserve full species status as C. disticha |
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Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei ssp. disticha) Near Fresno Dome, Madera Co., CA 10 July 2007 Scarlet color form. Considered by some authorities to deserve full species status as C. disticha |
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Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei ssp. disticha) Near Fresno Dome, Madera Co., CA 10 July 2007 Yellow color form. Considered by some authorities to deserve full species status as C. disticha |
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Wavyleaf Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei ssp. disticha) Near Fresno Dome, Madera Co., CA 10 July 2007 Yellow color form with scarlet form in background. Considered by some authorities to deserve full species status as C. disticha |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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