Carried by 0 nurseries
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Castilleja lemmonii is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name Lemmon's Indian paintbrush. It is native to the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada and Southern Cascade Range in California, and just into western Nevada. It grows in moist meadows. Castilleja lemmonii is a perennial herb 10 to 20 centimeters tall coated in glandular hairs. The leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long and linear to narrowly lance-shaped. The inflorescence is made up of many purple- or pink-tipped greenish bracts. Between the bracts appear small yellowish flowers.
Annual herb, Perennial herb
Pink, Green, Purple
Alpine Fell-Fields, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 13 likely
Alfalfa Looper Moth
Autographa californica
Leanira Checkerspot
Chlosyne leanira
Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla