Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush
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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.
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.
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.
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae