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San Bernardino Mountains Indian paintbrush

Castilleja lasiorhyncha

Also called San Bernadino Montains Paintbrush, San Bernardino Mountains Orthocarpus, San Bernardino Mountains Owl's Clover

San Bernardino Mountains Indian paintbrush
Photo: Matt Berger https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0

San Bernardino Mountains Indian paintbrush is a small yellow-flowered annual from the mountains of southern California, growing in forests and meadows. It is a hemiparasite that draws some nutrients from the roots of neighbouring plants, so it is best left to grow in its native habitat or a wildflower meadow rather than a typical garden bed.

Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist while seedlings establish, then allow it to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil, ideally mixed with native grasses or host plants.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool mountain conditions and frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Castilleja lasiorhyncha is a species of Indian paintbrush is endemic to southern California known by the common name San Bernardino Mountains Indian paintbrush. Most of the plant's range is in the San Bernardino Mountains, where it grows in forests and meadows.

Castilleja lasiorhyncha only existing populations are in San Bernardino County and possibly San Diego County, with historical occurrences also known from Riverside County.

Other Castilleja plants

Coast Indian paintbrush · Johnny-nip · Northwestern Indian paintbrush · Wavyleaf Indian paintbrush · Aquarius Plateau Indian paintbrush · Cobwebby Indian paintbrush · Attenuate Indian paintbrush · Castilleja beldingii · Castilleja bella · Shortstyle Indian paintbrush · Vernal pool Indian paintbrush · Port Clarence Indian paintbrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castilleja lasiorhyncha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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