Genus

Castilleja (Paintbrushes)

Castilleja miniata. Photo: (c) smeierotto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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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Subtaxa

Species: Castilleja exserta (Purple owl’s-clover)

Species: Castilleja arachnoidea (Cobwebby paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja attenuata (Valley tassels)

Species: Castilleja applegatei (Wavyleaf paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja litoralis (Littoral paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja pruinosa (Frosted indian paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja affinis (Coast paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja mendocinensis (Mendocino coast paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja miniata (Giant red indian paintbrush)

Species: Castilleja ambigua (Salt-marsh owl-clover)

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