Scientific Name:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division:
Class: Dicoteldonae (two seed-leaves) Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)
Genera: Castilleja (Indian Paintbrush) (Named for Don Domingo Castellejo, an 18th century Spanish botanist)
Species: raupii (named for Hugh Miller Raup, 1901-?, a professor at Harvard and a botanical explorer in N.W. Canada) English Name(s):
Raup's Indian Paintbrush, Purple Indian Paintbrush
First Nation Names:
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