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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:
Castilleja coccinea FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castilleja coccinea
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Eastern 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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_castilleja_coccinea
May
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Tim Spira tps_ccoccinea6
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Orobanchaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-28-001:
Castilleja coccinea
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castilleja coccinea
288
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: woodlands, fens, barrens, rock outcrops, prairies, hay meadows, wet pastures, grassy openings, usually over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
Red bracts, yellow corolla
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p094
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p116
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p111
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p070
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p444
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p175
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p093
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p238
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p282
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p345
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p156
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