WYOMING INDIAN PAINTBRUSH FULL

It is grown in clusters on the top part of the plant. The Indian Paintbrush is known for its bright red flower-like bracts, which look like they’ve been dipped in red paint. It is a semi-parasitic plant, meaning it gets nutrients and water from a host plant it attaches to under the soil, since it cannot live without a host plant. The Indian Paintbrush, also known as prairie fire, painted cup, or Wyoming Paintbrush is a perennial member of the figwort family. In 1917, Wyoming declared the native Indian Paintbrush as their state floral emblem.

Stem: Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Surface: Hairy (pubescent) Stem Description: Hairy, simple, unbranched stems.Wyoming is a beautiful state with lots of wide-open spaces, towering mountains, and wild forests.

Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Leaf Feel: Rough Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Lanceolate Leaf Margin: Entire Lobed Hairs Present: Yes Leaf Description: Two types of medium green leaves: entire, lance-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and stem leaves divided into 3 to 5 deep, narrow lobes.

Bracts appear at the stem tops in dense spikes and which surround and hide the tiny greenish-yellow true flowers.

Flowers: Flower Color: Gold/Yellow Green Orange Pink White Flower Inflorescence: Spike Flower Value To Gardener: Long Bloom Season Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Summer Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: < 1 inch Flower Description: Upper leaves (bracts) are deeply 3 to 5 cleft and tipped with bright red (sometimes pink or white).

WYOMING INDIAN PAINTBRUSH FULL

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (8.0) Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Moist NC Region: Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Wildflower Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Ascending Erect Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium.Attributes: Genus: Castilleja Species: coccinea Family: Orobanchaceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Canada and Eastern United States Distribution: East Coast west to Texas and north to Canada Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds and bees.Tags: #endangered #NC native #perennial flowers #wildflower garden #flowers late spring #rare #parasitic #flowers early summer See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: The plant is attractive in the garden with small greenish flowers hidden in axils of scarlet-tipped, fan-shaped bracts that appear to have been dipped in paint.ĭiseases, Insect Pests, and Other Plant Problems: Indian Paintbrush is listed as endangered in some states and as extinct in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, and Louisiana. Note that transplanting Indian Paintbrush usually kills it. However, to maintain a colony of Indian Paintbrush in the garden, new plants or additional seeding is needed to supplement the original plants. It is difficult to grow from seed, but existing plants will reseed in optimum growing conditions. Indian Paintbrush grows best in medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun, but does tolerate poorer soil and partial shade. The genus name comes from an 18th century botanist, Domingo Castillejo, of Cadiz, Spain while the species name means scarlet.

The new seed usually germinates in early fall and the cycle begins again. It is sometimes considered an annual but is primarily a biennial with a basal rosette the first year and flowering stalk the second year and plant death shortly after seed set. Because it has the habit of having a parasitic relationship with other plants, attaching to and absorbing some nutrients and water from the roots of other plants, it is usually found growing in the company of plants such as sagebrush. In nature, it is often found on prairies, moist and open woodland, thickets, dry plains and hills. Indian Paintbrush, the state flower of Wyoming, is an herbaceous biennial wildflower native to Canada and Eastern North America. Phonetic Spelling kas-tee-LAY-uh kok-SIN-ee-uh Description

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