Desert paintbrush

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Castilleja chromosa, the desert paintbrush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae found in the western United States. They are distributed in dry scrub, steppe, and desert. They have colorful inflorescences which range from yellow to red in hue. This color is given not by the flowers, which are small, but by the colorful bracts.

• It belongs to the Orobanchaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as an herb (forb) / a subshrub with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists it as native in the lower 48 states and records it in 12 states. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Nevada, Utah and Idaho. ^NatureServe
• In Nevada, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in March–June. ^iNaturalist
• In Utah, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in March–June. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 1,940 research-grade sightings of it in Nevada, ranking #11 among the 110 flowers on our Nevada list. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 1,016 research-grade sightings of it in Utah, ranking #50 among the 109 flowers on our Utah list. ^iNaturalist
• iNaturalist has 476 research-grade sightings of it in Idaho, ranking #78 among the 109 flowers on our Idaho list. ^iNaturalist