Castilleja subinclusa
# Castilleja subinclusa

Castilleja subinclusa is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common names longleaf Indian paintbrush and Franciscan paint brush.

It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in a number of habitat types including chaparral.

## Description

Castilleja subinclusa is a spreading perennial herb which can exceed a meter tall. It is gray-green to purple in herbage color, and usually hairy. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 8 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is up to 40 centimeters long and is made up of long, pointed bracts tipped in bright red-orange to deep red. Between the colorful bracts appear lighter flowers, which are yellow-green to pinkish and hairy.

### Subspecies

Subspecies, which generally do not occur together, include:

* Castilleja subinclusa ssp. franciscana — Franciscan paintbrush — endemic to the coastline surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.
* Castilleja subinclusa ssp. subinclusa — long leaf paintbrush, longleaf Indian paintbrush — in the Transverse Ranges, Inner South California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and Southern Sierra Nevada.
