[Paintbrushes: The Genus Castilleja in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Magenta Paintbrush

Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

Synonyms: Castilleja miniata var. alpina, Castilleja oreopola

Magenta paintbrush blooming enmasseat left along an old pack trail at the crossing of South Fork Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness..........July 23, 2016. Magenta paintbrush in bloom along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 in upper Cispus Basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness......August 19, 2020..

Magenta paintbrush as seen at left in a vernally moist meadow at the junction of the Klickitat Trail #7 and Cispus Lookout Trail #127, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........July 4, 2015. The photo at right shows magenta paintbrush blooming along the Bear Creek Trail #1130, Goat Rocks Wilderness......July 31, 2019.

Magenta paintbrush (with fanleaf cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia) as seen blooming in a moist meadow where an old pack trail crosses the ridgeline between the South Fork Tieton River and Conrad Creek drainages, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 21, 2016.

Magenta paintbrush blooming on moist slopes above the Timberline Trail at a high point below the base of the terminal moraine of the Newton Glacier, Mount Hood National Forest......July 18, 2021.

Magenta paintbrush spotted at about 6800' along the Climber's Trail along the south rim of Hellroaring Canyon, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows......August 10, 2023. The pink form is uncommon.

Magenta paintbrush along the Scott Mountain Trail on the east side of Scott Mountain, Mount Washington Wilderness.....July 18, 2023.

Both photos of magenta paintbrush were taken west of Sunrise on Mt. Rainier.

Paul Slichter