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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.
Indian paintbrush, scarlet painted-cup
Castilleja: named for Professor Domingo Castillejo, an instructor of botany at Cadiz, Spain
coccinea: Latin for red or scarlet
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 5"-24" tall forb, more or less hairy, usually unbranched; partially parasitic |
| Flower: | greenish to yellow with scarlet (occasionally yellow/orange), 3-5-lobed bract, 5-parted, tubular-shaped, upper lip sharply triangular covering the 4 stamens, lower lip much shorter and only slightly flaring, the tube long and slender; inflorescence a 1 1/2"-2 1/2", dense, terminal spike becoming 4"-8" long in fruit; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | oval capsule |
| Leaf: | alternate, main leaves can be undivided or divided into 3-5 segments |
| Habitat: | dry, moderate moisture to wet; prairies, meadows; in sandy, loamy soil |
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