Castilleja miniata (Scarlet Paintbrush)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest,

Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest, 

Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/4/16 Rock Creek, Mosquito Flat, Inyo National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/3/16 Near North Lake Campground, Bishop Region, Inyo National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

7/4/16 Meadow off North Fork of Bishop Creek, North Lake, Bishop Region, 
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

7/3/16 Tyee Lakes Trailhead, South Lake Road, Bishop Region,
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Scarlet Paintbrush

SPECIES: Castilleja miniata

FAMILY: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family) - formerly in Scrophulariaceae

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/2007

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial 40–80 cm, few-branched, green or becoming purplish, glabrous, to long-soft-hairy above

Leaf 30–60 mm, ± lanceolate, entire; tip acute

Inflorescence 3–15 cm; bracts 15–35 mm, lobes 0–5, bright red to yellowish

Flower: calyx 10–30 mm, divided 1/2–2/3 in back, more deeply in front, ± 1/4 on sides, lobes acute; corolla 15–40 mm, beak ± = tube, yellow-green, back puberulent, margins red, lower lip 1–2 mm, dark green, slightly exserted; stigma slightly 2-lobed

Fruit 6–12 mm

Seed 1.5–2 mm; coat shallowly netted, loose-fitting, inner walls membranous, persistent

Ecology: Moist places, especially meadows, bogs

Elevation: < 3500 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, c-w Central Western California, Southwestern California, Great Basin Floristic Province 

Distribution outside California: to Alaska, Rocky Mtns