Seaside Painted Cup

Scientific Name:
Castilleja latifolia
Description

The bright red-orange “flowers” on this plant are actually leaf tips (bracts) with fleshy, fuzzy green leaves below. It grows well along the coast and in sand dunes.

Fun Facts

This rare species only exists along a small section of coastline from Monterey County north to San Francisco County, but other species of Indian paintbrush exist throughout western America.

Nature Topics
Plants and Geology, Common Wildflowers

Habitat

Feeding

A cluster of bright red-orange seaside painted cup plants growing among green coastal vegetation, with fuzzy green leaves and colorful bracts.

Photo credit: ©Kip Evans

Seaside Painted Cup relies on

  • Line drawing on the sun

    Sun

  • Line drawing of a water drop

    Water

  • Line drawing of a plant above ground and its roots below ground

    Nutrients