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Paintbrushes
Castilleja
Castilleja ( kə-STIL-ee-ə or KAS-til-AY-ə), commonly known as paintbrushes, painted cups, or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial mostly 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 place them in the Scrophulariaceae). They are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs. The genus was named after Spanish botanist Domingo Castillejo.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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.