Index / Search / Castilleja coccinea
§1 Plant
Castilleja coccinea (L.) Spreng.
vernacular scarlet Indian paintbrush — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Castilleja
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 541 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 75 min.
- Precipitation
- 25–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–6.8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Mature height
- 1.6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 325,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 541 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macoupin 17117
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- St. Clair 17163
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Livingston 26093
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Davidson 37057
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Hocking 39073
- Knox 39083
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
Oklahoma view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACO17 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170660 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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