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Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Castilleja chromosa (Desert Paintbrush)

Cabeza Prieta Peak

 

 Castilleja chromosa

Habitat: rocky slopes
Life Form: perennial forb
Leaf Description: alternate simple leaves
Flower Color: red
Flowering Period: Mar. to Aug.
Spines: spineless
Family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
Abundance: rare

 


References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 790

"Sonoran Desert Wildflowers", Richard Spellenberg, 2003, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut
    page 224

"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
    plate 558
    page 224

"100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest", Janice Emily Bowers, 1989, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
    page 63

"Deserts: The Audubon Society Nature Guides", MacMahon, James A. 1985. Knopf, Chanticleer Press, NY
    plate 159
    page 412

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