Castilleja minor subsp. spiralis

Family: Orobanchaceae · Type: annual · Native

Castilleja minor subsp. spiralis is a California native annual found in the northern Coast Ranges, central and southern Sierra Nevada Forests, Tehachapi, San Joaquin Valley, central Coast, northern San Francisco Bay, and southwestern California in wet places at elevations below 2,600 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces delicate flowers with pale corolla 25 to 35 millimeters long. Growing with multiple stems that are puberulent and covered in non-glandular hairs, it forms compact clusters in moist environments. Its slender stems and leaves blend subtly into the wetland landscape, creating a soft, understated botanical presence. The plant's fine, hairy texture and adaptation to wet habitats make it a distinctive component of California's diverse grassland and wetland ecosystems.

Habitat: Wet places

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: < 2600 m

Bioregions: NCoR, c&amps SNF, s SNH, Teh, SnJV, CCo, n SnFrB, SW.

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, Napa, Monterey, Lake, Tulare, Shasta, Santa Barbara, Tuolumne, Ventura, Marin, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Madera, Colusa, Inyo, Sonoma, Fresno, Santa Cruz

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