Index / Search / Castilleja purpurea
§1 Plant
Castilleja purpurea (Nutt.) G. Don
vernacular downy Indian paintbrush — species · Scrophulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Castilleja
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 97 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 97 counties across 3 states/territories.
Kansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Archer 48009
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Clay 48077
- Coleman 48083
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Crockett 48105
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Gillespie 48171
- Glasscock 48173
- Goliad 48175
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Hardeman 48197
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hill 48217
- Hood 48221
- Hunt 48231
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Johnson 48251
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Runnels 48399
- San Saba 48411
- Schleicher 48413
- Shackelford 48417
- Somervell 48425
- Stephens 48429
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPU11 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3170619 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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