Scientific Name
Castilleja coccinea
Common Name
Indian paintbrush; Scarlet painted-cup
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Annual or biennial
Height:
1 to 1.5 feet
Flower/fruit:
Upper leaves (bracts) are deeply 3 to 5 cleft and tipped with bright red (sometimes pink or white)
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
Hairy, simple-stemmed plant
Site:
Average to moist soil; sun; moist meadows, thickets, roadsides
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