| Coast Indian paintbrush | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Castilleja |
| Species: | C. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Castilleja affinis | |
Castilleja affinis is a species ofCastilleja known by the common namecoast Indian paintbrush.
It is native to western North America fromWashington toBaja California, where it grows on hills and mountains slopes along the coast and inland.
This is a perennial herb growing an erect stem up to about 60 centimeters (24 in.) in maximum height. It is greenish to purple in color and may be hairless to quite hairy. The leaves are variable in shape and up to 8 centimeters long. Theinflorescence is a series ofbracts in shades of bright red to yellowish. Flowers appearing between the bracts are a bit longer and covered in hairs. They are green to purple lined with red or yellow. The fruit is a capsule just over a centimeter long.
There are three subspecies of this plant, two of which are rare:
| Image | Subspecies | Distribution |
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_(4-5-08)_-4_canet_(2391065948).jpg) | C. a. var.affinis | California to Mexico (Baja California Norte) |
_(8-17-07)_oso_flaco_-1_(1154484761).jpg) | C. a. var.contentiosa(J.F.Macbr.) Bacig. | California (southern San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara)[1] |
.jpg) | C. a. var.neglecta(Zeile) J.M.Egger | commonly as the Tiburon paintbrush, is known from only a few occurrences in and around theSan Francisco Bay Area. It is a federally listedendangered species. |
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