Castilleja miniata (Great Red Paintbrush)

7/3/16 North Lake, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, 

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

 7/3/16 Near North Lake Campground, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, 

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

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

7/8/16 Along banks of Mill Creek off Lundy Canyon trail, 
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/4/16 Seep off Rock Creek Road, Eastern Sierra,
Inyo National Forest, Mono County, CA

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

7/10/07 Little Lakes/Mosquito Flat trailhead, Rock Creek, Inyo National Forest, 
E. Sierras, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Great Red Paintbrush

SPECIES: Castilleja miniata

FAMILY: Orobanchaceae (Broomrape Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/10/2007

LOCATION: Little Lakes/Mosquito Flat trailhead, Rock Creek, Inyo National Forest, 
E. Sierras, Mono County, CA 

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 40--80 cm, few-branched, green or becoming +- purple, glabrous, to long-soft-hairy distally. 

Leaf: 30--60 mm, +- lanceolate, entire; tip acute. 

Inflorescence: 3--15 cm; bracts 15--35 mm, lobes 0--5, acute, bright red to +- yellow. 

Flower: calyx divided 2/3+ abaxially, 1/2--2/3 adaxially, +- 1/4 on sides, lobes acute; corolla beak +- = tube, yellow-green, adaxially puberulent, margins red, lower lip 1--2 mm, dark green, slightly exserted; stigma slightly 2-lobed. 

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

eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, T.I. Chuang & Lawrence R. Heckard