Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Alberta.
Habitat: Subalpine meadows and forest openings at high elevations.
Flowers: June-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, hummingbirds
Perennial, the stems clustered, erect or ascending from a woody base, 1.5-3 dm. tall, unbranched, nearly glabrous.
Leaves alternate, usually glabrous, divided into 3-5 divergent lobes, the lateral segments much narrower than the mid-blade.
Inflorescence showy, rose-colored to magenta, or whitish, short and compact, later elongating; bracts villous, 3- to 5-parted, about as long as the flowers; calyx 12-20 mm. long, deeply cleft above and below, its primary lobes again divided into 2 segments up to 6 mm. long; corolla 15-25 mm. long, the upper lip about as long as the tube, and 3-5 times the length of the dark green, thickened lower lip; stamens 4.
Capsule.
Publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 158. 1832.
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var. albida – mountain Indian paintbrush
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington. -
var. olympica – Olympic paintbrush Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to the Olympic Mountains.
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var. oreopola – magenta paintbrush Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington from Mount Rainier south; central Washington to central Oregon.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Castilleja parviflora in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Castilleja parviflora checklist entry
OregonFlora: Castilleja parviflora information
E-Flora BC: Castilleja parviflora atlas page
CalPhotos: Castilleja parviflora photos
