Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
		
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
		
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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