Orobanchaceae
Scarlet Indian paintbrush
Castilleja coccinea
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Castilleja
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Common names
By language (2)
- Dutch
- Scarlet Indian paintbrush
- English
- Scarlet Indian paintbrush
Synonyms
- Bartsia coccinea L.
- Bartsia coccinea var. pallens Michx.
- Castilleja coccinea f. alba Farw.
- Castilleja coccinea f. coccinea
- Castilleja coccinea f. lutescens Farw.
- Castilleja coccinea f. pallens (Michx.) Pennell
- Castilleja ludoviciana Pennell
- Euchroma coccinea (L.) Nutt.
- Rhinanthus coccineus (L.) Lam.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.