Castilleja lemmonii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Castilleja |
| Species: | C. lemmonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Castilleja lemmonii | |
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Castilleja culbertsonii | |
Castilleja lemmonii is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name Lemmon's Indian paintbrush or meadow paintbrush.
It is native to the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Range in California, and just into western Nevada. It grows in moist meadows.
Castilleja lemmonii, group of deep purple-pink plants in meadow
Description[]
Castilleja lemmonii is a perennial herb 10 to 20 centimeters tall coated in glandular hairs. The leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and linear to narrowly lance-shaped.
Closeup of Castilleja lemmonii inflorescence, pink bracts & small yellow, stamen-tipped flowers
The inflorescence is made up of many purple- or pink-tipped greenish bracts. Between the bracts appear small yellowish flowers.
External links[]
Categories:
- Castilleja
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Plants described in 1878
- Orobanchaceae stubs