Castilleja sessiliflora Pursh
other common names: yellow Indian paintbrush, dwarf Indian paintbrush
Castilleja: in honor of an early Spanish botanist, Domingo Castillejo
Sessiliflora: from Latin, meaning generally “flower without a stalk”
Snapdragon family: Scrophulariaceae
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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