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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Orobanchaceae
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Scrophulariaceae
Castilleja coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Scrophulariaceae
166-28-001
Castilleja coccinea
Common Name:
Eastern Indian Paintbrush
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA & SC)
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in woodlands, fens, barrens, rock outcrops, meadows, wet pastures, grassy openings, usually over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
To see a detailed
map, click
here.
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...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
Leaves:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate cauline
Flower:
Spring
Red bracts, yellow corolla
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
4 included stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p116
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p094
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p070
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p172
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p228
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p175
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p156
Wildflowers of Tennessee p238
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JK Marlow
jkm060429_198
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April
Clay County
NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm060429_215
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April
Clay County
NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm060429_223
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April
Clay County
NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Ben Geer Keys
bgk288_a
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May
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm060513_037
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May
Clay County
NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm060513_044
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May
Clay County
NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Kevin Adams
kcacastillejacoccinea_38
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May
NC
Nantahala National Forest
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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Tim Spira
tps_ccoccinea
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Tim Spira
tps_ccoccinea6
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