Common Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush, Scarlet Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata (Synonyms: Castilleja crispula, Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata, Castilleja pallida var. miniata)

A close-up image of the flower and floral bracts of common paintbrush as seen along the Chinook Trial #808B on the west side of Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest...........June 3, 2016.

Common paintbrush blooming along the Boundary Trail #1 just east of the Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument........June 18, 2018.

Common paintbrush as seen around the summit of Lookout Mountain, northern boundary of the Badger Creek Wilderness...........July 4, 2013.

Common paintbrush as seen at left from the south bank of the South Fork Toutle River, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........October 19, 2014. The photo at right shows common paintbrush with Cardwell's penstemon (Penstemon cardwellii) near Devil's Point (between Johnston Ridge and Harry's Ridge) at Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........July 22, 2022.

Close-ups of the inflorescence and upper stem leaves of common paintbrush as seen along the Butte Camp Trail #238A near the junction with the Loowit Trail #216 , Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument...........June 9, 2015.

Common paintbrush as seen at left along the School Canyon Trail #468 on the east side of Ball Point, Badger Creek Wilderness..........May 10, 2015. Note the long, slender calyx lobes. The photo at right shows common paintbrush blooming in clearings along the Bull of the Woods Trail #550 near the northern boundary for the Bull of the Woods Wilderness.......September 14, 2018.

Pink to coral flowered forms of common paintbrush observed in dry meadows opposite Brooks Meadows, Mt. Hood National Forest......July 13, 2019.

Common paintbrush found on balds and rock gardens along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 between the junction of the Cedar Creek Trail #149A and summit of Big Huckleberry Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......June 23, 2024.

Close-ups of the inflorescence and upper stem leaves of common paintbrush as seen along the Loowit Trail #216 several hundred miles west of the junction with the Butte Camp Trail #238A, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument...........September 19, 2014.

Common paintbrush as seen at left along the Ape Canyon Trail #234 near the junction of the Loowit Trail #216, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument...........October 8, 2014. The photo at right shows common paintbrush along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 in upper Cispus Basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness.......August 19, 2020.

Common paintbrush as seen along the Boundary Trail #1 on Johnston Ridge to the east of the observatory, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........July 2, 2014. Note the leaves of Cardwell's penstemon (a possible host) at its' base.

A mass of common paintbrush in bloom along the Loowit Trail on the Plains of Abraham near Pumice Butte, Mount St. Helens National Monument........July 13, 2016.