The perennial flower, native to prairie lands in the Pacific. This wildflower is a perennial herb growing up to about 80 centimeters tall, slender and green to dark purple in herbage color. So, each spring the colors of the sunset are laid across the land as a reminder of the passion of that one boy who wanted so much to capture the color and beauty of a sunset. The bright visage of butterflies fluttering in a field of swaying golden paintbrush flowers was a rare sight up until a few years ago. And there where each brush landed, a wildflower of that color grew and spread across the landscape. As the boy tries to paint the sunset, he tosses each paintbrush with a different color of the sunset to the ground. An annual or biennial, its vivid scarlet bracts nearly hide small, greenish flowers and appear to have been dipped in paint. In another version a woman gives the boy a white canvas from a deerskin. Indian Paintbrush is a sought-after prairie beauty that prefers bright sites with medium-dry to medium-wet soils. However, if conditions are right, Indian paintbrush reseeds itself every autumn. The plant is short-lived and dies after it sets seed. In one version of the legend, the Great Spirit gives the boy brushes of paint from the colors of the sunset. Indian paintbrush is a biennial plant that usually develops rosettes the first year and stalks of blooms in spring or early summer of the second year. Habitat: Grassy slopes and forest openings, from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains Origin: Native Flowers: April-August Growth Duration: perennial var. The boy decides to paint the colors and beauty of the sunset. Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in Siberia.These plants are classified in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae. Castilleja hispida harsh paintbrush Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington British Columbia to Oregon, east to southwestern Alberta and Montana. Legends: American Indian (possibly Cherokee) legend says that a young boy who could not become a warrior because of his size was encouraged by his father to paint what he saw. Semi-parasitic: Needs the help of grasses or bluebonnets to thrive
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I love finding a wildflower in its full glory as well as up close in smaller groups.Ĭommon names: Prairie paintbrush, Downy Indian paintbrushĬolors: Red, Pink, Puple - also varieties in yellow and orange I have yet to see an entire field of Castilleja purpurea which I have seen with the Castilleja indivisa. It wasn't until later, I finally found the Castilleja purpurea (Prairie or Downy Paintbrush) which to me is really more like a paintbrush in colors and shape. My first experience with one of the members of the Castilleja genus was with the more commonly seen red Castilleja indivisa (Texas or Indian Paintbrush). Prairie Paintbrush RR-501, San Saba County
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