Giant Red Indian Paintbrush, Pitkin Marsh Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)

Giant Red Indian Paintbrush, Pitkin Marsh Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja miniata

Growing at the edge of a cold spring in dense shade, Plumas County, California. Elevation about 5,000 ft.

Ogon,
Castilleja's can sometimes be difficult to identify, because there are so many species and so many look so similar to each other, but I believe this photo and your 2 other photos are of a different species other than C. miniata.
Your plant looks sort of pinkish in color, while all the images I've seen of C. miniata are red-orange.
According to the USDA site, here are all of the Castilleja species found in Plumas County, CA
Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis
Castilleja angustifolia var. dubia
Castilleja applegatei ssp. disticha
Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii
Castilleja applegatei ssp. pinetorum
Castilleja arachnoidea
Castilleja attenuata
Castilleja campestris ssp. campestris
Castilleja lacera
Castilleja lemmonii
Castilleja linariifolia
Castilleja lineariiloba
Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata
Castilleja parviflora var. parviflora
Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa
Castilleja pruinosa
Castilleja tenuis

This narrows it down a bit and you may want to google those species to find the ones you have photographed.

Xeno.

Thanks for looking into this Xeno. This photo is of Castilleja miniata subspecies miniata as the leaf and flower structure match perfectly and more importantly, it is the only Castilleja sp. found in Plumas Co. that grows in wetlands. This plant was growing at the edge of a cold spring in bog conditions and in dense shade. Also, the color pink is just red diluted with white, and is often referred to as red bontanically. The flowers also might look more pinkish than usual because a patch of sunlight was filtering through the canopy at the time the photo was taken, but there are quite a few images in the CalFlora database that show similar coloration:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Castilleja+miniata+ssp.+miniata|Castilleja+uliginosa

Interestingly, Jepson does not even mention flower color in the description:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/tjm2/review/treatments/orobanchaceae_all.html#74956
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7206,7247,7249

This University of Texas webpage mentions flowers are crimson (blue-red) or scarlet (red-orange)
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAMI12

And here is an image of a yellow flower on Castilleja miniata subsp. minata from the USDA Plant Database:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=cagr16_001_avp.tif

This site also shows some good images of the variable color selection:
http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Pink%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/castilleja%20miniata%201.htm

And this (non scientific) site also mentions the variable coloration and includes numerous images of them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_egger_castilleja/sets/72157621742979713/

Also interesting, There are three subspecies of Castilleja miniata, and flowers between the three can occur in shades of yellow, orange, red, or purple:
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query

C. miniata subsp. dixonii does not occur in CA but is found from Oregon to Alaska, and flowers are generally red but can also be found in shades from yellow to crimson.

C. miniata subsp. elata is found in the Klamath Mountains of Northern CA and Southern OR, and is almost alway shades of purple, but can also be crimson or red. http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query

C. miniata subsp. miniata is the most widespread of the subspecies and flowers are also most often in shades from crimson to scarlet, but can also occur in in shades from yellow through purple.

A tricky species I know, but the easiest way to distinguish it in California is that it is almost always found growing in moist conditions, while hte other native species of Castilleja tend to be found in drier locations.

Okay, Thanks for the immense amount of research you did on this one, looks like you were able to dig up a lot of info.
All this good info will really be helpful for future persons thumbing through the PlantFiles pages, seeing that you put this info in a comment on the page also.

Xeno.

Thanks for double checking Xeno, it is important that we are sure so that PlantFiles reflect the correct images and information :).