Castilleja affinis subsp. affinis

Family: Orobanchaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coastal paintbrush is a California native perennial found in coastal and interior regions including Mendocino County, the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada foothills in chaparral and coastal scrub at elevations below 1,800 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces bright red to orange-red flowers in dense inflorescences 30 to 50 millimeters wide, occasionally with yellow tones. Growing with bristly stems 30 to 80 millimeters tall, it has a somewhat sprawling habit with occasional branched hairs. Its leaves are lanceolate with 0 to 5 lobes, creating a delicate and intricate foliage structure. The corolla reaches 25 to 40 millimeters long, surrounded by a calyx 20 to 35 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Chaparral, coastal scrub

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 1800 m

Bioregions: c NCo (Mendocino Co.), KR, NCoRO, NCoRI, n CaRF, SNF, CW, SW

California counties: Humboldt, Calaveras, San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Butte, Marin, Orange, Sutter, Fresno, Riverside, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Kern, Monterey, San Bernardino, El Dorado, Placer, Solano, Sacramento, Yolo, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Sonoma, Napa, San Benito, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Mendocino, Nevada, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Shasta, San Francisco, Del Norte, Mariposa, Amador, Siskiyou, Inyo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.