Beautiful vampires: the castilleja genus

Coast Indian paintbrush (Castilleja unalaschensis) Seward, Alaska by Betsey Crawford

I first saw a paintbrush, a member of the Castilleja genus, in Idaho. Then again in southern California, and then northern. Then Colorado and Utah, British Columbia and Alberta, and then Alaska. I haven’t yet seen them in Wyoming, but it’s the state flower, so I know they’re there. In other words, if you’re west …

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