Orobanchaceae
Cobwebby Indian paintbrush
Castilleja arachnoidea
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Castilleja
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cobwebby Indian paintbrush
Synonyms
- Castilleja arachnoidea subsp. arachnoidea
- Castilleja eastwoodiana Pennell
- Castilleja filifolia Eastw.
- Castilleja floccosa Pennell ex M.Peck
- Castilleja payneae Eastw.
- Castilleja pumicicola Pennell
- Orthocarpus pilosus var. arachnoideus (Greenm.) Jeps.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adamschneider, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.