Latin name: Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp.
  spiralis (Jepson) Chuang & Heckard
  Pronunciation: kas-til-AY-ha MI-nor spy-RAY-lis

  Common name: Lesser indian paintbrush
  Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort)
  Habitat: Wet or seepy places to 7000', Santa Ana Mts
  Blooming period: May to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Castilleja  2) minor

  3) spiralis
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