Castilleja brevilobata

Short-lobed paintbrush

Family: Orobanchaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Short-lobed paintbrush is a rare (CNPS 4.2) California native perennial found in the northwestern Klamath Ranges in dry, open serpentine and forest edges at elevations of 200 to 1,850 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces bright red to yellow flowers with yellow-green corollas and dark green lower lips, arranged in open inflorescences up to 20 centimeters long. Growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with green or yellowish stems that are glandular-puberulent, it has an upright, delicate form. Its leaves range 15 to 60 millimeters long, lanceolate to ovate, with 0 to 7 shallow lobes and rounded to acute tips. The fruit is 8 to 13 millimeters long, containing tiny seeds with a loosely netted coat.

Habitat: Dry, open serpentine, forest edges

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 200-1850 m

Bioregions: nw KR

California counties: Del Norte, Mendocino, El Dorado, Siskiyou

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