Latin name: Castilleja hololeuca Greene
  Pronunciation:
kas-til-AY-ha ho-lo-LYOO-ka

  Common name: Island paintbrush
  Family: Orobanchaceae (Broom-rape)
  Habitat: Coastal scrub to 1000', northern Channel
  Islands

  Blooming period: March to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Castilleja
  
2) hololeuca
  Formerly Castilleja lanata ssp. hololeuca
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