Lesser Indian Paintbrush Lesser Indian Paintbrush Stem Lesser Indian Paintbrush Leaves Lesser Indian Paintbrush Plant

Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Lesser Indian Paintbrush.
Castilleja minor.
Broomrape (Orobanchaceae) family.

Plant: Annual forb; stems very leafy. Leaves: leaves alternate, sessile. Flowers: flowers in conspicuously red-bracted terminal spikes, corolla tubular with an upper lip. Fruit: a capsule.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Location: Catalina State Park at edge of Southerland Wash.
3/19/16

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