Indian paintbrush

Close up view of Indian Paintbrush wildflowers, July.

In The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Little Gopher "finds his brushes filled with paint, each one a color of the sunset. When he is done creating his sunset, he leaves the brushes on the hillside. When the people awoke, the hill was ablaze with color. The brushes had taken root in the earth and multiplied into plants of brilliant reds, oranges and yellows". Castilleja commonly known as Indian Paintbrush. It is the Wyoming state flower, Texas Students used water colors to paint sheets of…

It may come to some as a surprise that Ohio is home to its very own species of Indian paintbrush. The vividly colored flowers of the Castilleja genus are much better known out west where just about all of North America's 100+ species occur while just a handful of them occur east of the Mississippi. Ohio's sole species is the scarlet indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea), which also goes by the common name of painted-cup. Fallow meadow with a scattering of scarlet indian paintbrush I…

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Indian paintbrush (Castilleja) or prairie-fire, has over 200 varieties. The flowers of Indian paintbrush are edible, and were consumed in moderation by various Native American tribes as a condiment with other fresh greens. These plants have a tendency to absorb and concentrate selenium in their tissues from the soils in which they grow, and can be potentially very toxic if the roots or green parts of the plant are consumed. Highly alkaline soils increase the selenium levels in the plants…

Indian paintbrush flowers are named for the clusters of spiky blooms that resemble paintbrushes dipped in bright red or orangeyellow paint. Growing this wildflower can add interest to the native garden. Learn more in this article.

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Two stems of Indian Paintbrush, with a Wyoming state label. Available as a digital download in the following sizes: 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20 and 18x24

Texas Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa); Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family), photographed at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.