[Paintbrushes: The Genus Castilleja in Mt. Adams Country]

Magenta paintbrush beginning to bloom amongst Arctic lupine (Lupinus arcticus) and partridgefoot (Luetkea pectinata) at left along the Killen Creek Trail #113 near its junction with the Pacific Crest Trail #2000, Mt. Adams Wilderness............August 29, 2012. The photo at right shows a close-up view of the inflorescence and upper stem leaves of magenta paintbrush as seen at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier near the headwaters of the Lewis River, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 28, 2021.

Magenta paintbrush near its peak bloom at Horseshoe Meadows on the southwest corner of Mt. Adams, Mt. Adams Wilderness......July 25, 2019.

The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of magenta paintbrush as seen at Bird Creek Meadows..........July 16, 2006. The inflorescence ranges from magenta to purplish in color. The photo at right shows magenta paintbrush growing amongst and probably parasitizing Lewis' monkeyflower in wet meadows along the headwaters of the Lewis River near the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier, Mount Adams Wilderness......August 22, 2022.

The photo above shows from top to bottom, the colorful bract that subtends each flower of magenta paintbrush, the flower at center with its colorful, lobed calyx and the tubular corolla extending beyond it, and a stem leaf with a pair of very slender lobes. Photographed along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 at Killen Creek on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams.

The photo above shows a close-up of the tubular calyx of magenta paintbrush with one side with its 2 lobes removed. The creamy to greenish corolla is about 20-30 mm long with the beak-like galea extending from the lower lip up to 10-15 mm in length. The purplish cast to the calyx is more visible here than in the photo above. Photographed along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 at Killen Creek on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams.

Magenta paintbrush (left) growing along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 about one mile west of the eastern Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary.........July 19, 2009. The photo at right shows magenta paintbrush blooming at High Camp, north side of Mount Adams........August 12, 2016.

Magenta paintbrush blooming at left along the Round the Mountain Trail #9 about one half mile west of the parking area for Bird Creek Meadows, southeastern Mt. Adams...........August 8, 2012. The photo at right shows a late-blooming magenta paintbrush in moist meadows at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier near the headwaters of the Lewis River, Mt. Adams Wilderness......August 31, 2019.

Magenta paintbrush as seen along Trail #100 in Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams.........August 1, 2014.

The photo at left shows magenta paintbrush as seen next to wetlands near the eastern-most branch of Salt Creek, just below the Round the Mt. Trail #9 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 24, 2008. The photo at right shows a closeup view of the inflorescence of magenta paintbrush as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #12 where it fords the West Fork of Morrison Creek, Mt. Adams Wilderness.....July 10, 2020.

The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of magenta paintbrush as seen at Bird Creek Meadows.........July 16, 2006. The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of of magenta paintbrush as seen along the Divide Camp Trail #112, Mt. Adams Wilderness.........August 6, 2017.

Magenta paintbrush as seen along th Killen Creek Trail #113 near the junction with the Pacific Crest Trail..........August 10, 2016.

Magenta paintbrush in bloom along the upper Lewis River at the base of the terminal moraine of the Adams Glacier, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......July 18, 2018.

The photo above shows magenta paintbrush as seen at Bird Creek Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams.........September 1, 1996.