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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Orobanchaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Castilleja coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Castilleja coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:

Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Castilleja coccinea

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern Paintbrush


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caco17_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm060429_198

April    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm060429_223

April    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

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Ben Geer Keys    bgk288_a

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm160503_199

May    Haywood-Jackson Counties    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The tubular corollas are greenish-yellow, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Castilleja coccinea, Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern Paintbrush

JK Marlow    jkm160503_202

May    Haywood-Jackson Counties    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Usually a solitary unbranched hairy stem from a rosette of basal leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Castilleja coccinea, Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern Paintbrush

JK Marlow    jkm160503_204

May    Haywood-Jackson Counties    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm160503_222

May    Haywood-Jackson Counties    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Stem leaves often deeply and irregularly lobed, basal leaves mostly entire, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Castilleja coccinea, Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern Paintbrush

Keith Bradley    kab_c_coccinea_7880

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Keith Bradley    kab_c_coccinea_7888

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Kevin Adams    kcacastillejacoccinea_38

May        NC

Nantahala National Forest

Greenish-yellow flowers in terminal spikes subtended by red leaf-like bracts, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Castilleja coccinea, Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern Paintbrush

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_castilleja_coccinea

May        

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Tim Spira    tps_ccoccinea6

May        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Orobanchaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Castilleja coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Castilleja coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:
Castilleja coccinea   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castilleja coccinea

 

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Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: woodlands, fens, barrens, rock outcrops, prairies, hay meadows, wet pastures, grassy openings, usually over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
Red bracts, yellow corolla
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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