Castilleja Species, Foothills Paintbrush, Squawfeather, Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush

I have not grown this plant. It is native to South Central USA and can be found in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas appearing in s...Read Moreunny, dry and stony grasslands. It thrives in a deep well drained soil. The leaves are linear to lanceolate with the floral bracts usually being oblong to elliptic with orange to red-orange apexes.

This plant is semiparasitic on other plants which makes it almost impossible to transplant. All paintbrushes are semiparasitic. The genus was named after Juan Domingo Castillejo, a Spanish botanist in 1781.