Description: Perennial plant to 50 cm (20 in.) tall. Stems erect, unbranched, with glandular pubescence. Leaves alternate, sessile, glandular pubescent, 1 - 4 cm (0.4 - 1.6 in.) long; upper leaves with 3 - 5 broad lobes and wavy margins. Inflorescence showy due to the orange-red bracts below the flowers that resemble leaves. Flower sepals may be colored as bracts; petals greenish, 2.5 - 3.6 cm (1.0 - 1.4 in.), twice as long as sepals. Fruit a capsule, to 14 mm
(0.5 in.) long. Time of flowering: May to August.
Habtat: In bristlecone pine, mixed conifer, and pinyon-juniper habitats, on dry gravelly slopes. Elevations: 1,980 - 3,120 m (6,500 - 10,250 ft).
Range: Mountain ranges of southern Nevada. In Clark County, known from the Spring Mountains (Deer Creek, Macks, Kyle, Lee, and Clark canyons), and the Sheep Range. Also known from Nye County, Nevada, and Inyo County, California.
Comments: Can be distinguished from other Castilleja by its broader lobed leaves, glandular pubescence (glandular hairs), and petals being twice as long as sepals.