Castilleja subinclusa Calflora

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Castilleja subinclusa Greene

Franciscan paint brush, Longleaf indian paintbrush

Castilleja subinclusa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~746 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. franciscana ... ssp. subinclusa
Genus:	Castilleja
Family:	Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Information about Castilleja subinclusa from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CASU10) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Subspecies Information: Subspecies, which generally do not occur together, include: Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana - Franciscan paintbrush -endemic to the coastline surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.[3] Castilleja subinclusa ssp. subinclusa - long leaf paintbrush, longleaf Indian paintbrush - in the Transverse Ranges, Inner South California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Southern Sierra Nevada.[4] (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/30/2025).