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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Eastern Indian Paintbrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_castilleja_coccinea
May
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Tim Spira tps_ccoccinea6
May
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
288
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC Mtns & Piedmont, rare elsewhere in our area
Look for it in woodlands, fens, barrens, rock outcrops, meadows, wet pastures, grassy openings, usually over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Red bracts, yellow corolla
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p094
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p116
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p070
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p444
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p175
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p093
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p172
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p238
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p282
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p345
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p156