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Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family

 

Most flowers found on highways have been seeded.  The most common mixes include C. indivisa (scarlet, pink, white), C. integra (orange), C. purpurea var citrina (yellow).  Flower spikes 6-12" tall but what you see are the colorful bracts, the small flowers are inside.  These are parasitic plants that must have a host for their supply of nitrogen and other nutrients.  The host is often the grass that grows around it.

 

 

              

 

Above were planted by the Texas Highway Department

Photos taken in Eastland County, Texas, April 2003

Similar Species

Tall Indian Paintbrush Castilleja elongata

(Trans Pecos)

 

Indian Paintbrush (Scarlet Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush) Castilleja indivisa

scarlet, pink, white - large bracts - short spike

(Edwards Plateau, east and south)

 

Orange Indian Paintbrush (Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush) Castilleja integra

orange (Edwards Plateau & Trans Pecos)

 

Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush Castilleja lanata

yellow (Trans Pecos)

 

Mexican Indian Paintbrush Castilleja mexicana (C. tortifolia)

(Trans Pecos)

 

Broadcast Indian Paintbrush (Broadbract Paintbrush, Western Paintbrush) Castilleja nervata (C. latebracteata)

scarlet (Edwards Plateau & Trans Pecos)

 

Lemon Paintbrush (Prairie Indian Paintbrush) Castilleja purpurea var. citrina

yellow to greenish (Edwards Plateau, Panhandle, Prairies, Rolling Plains)

 

Lindheimer's Indian Paintbrush Castilleja purpurea var. lindheimeri

reddish pink, brick red (Edwards Plateau east & south but not coastal)

 

Downy Indian Paintbrush (Purple Paintbrush) Castilleja purpurea var. purpurea

purplish yellow (Edwards Plateau north & east & south but not coastal)

 

Downy Paintbrush (Downy Paintedcup) Castilleja sessiliflora

mauve to pink, thinner bracts (Edwards Plateau, Panhandle, Trans Pecos)

 

 

           

 

Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family

Lemon Paintbrush (Prairie Indian Paintbrush) Castilleja purpurea var. citrina

This is a native of Taylor County.  Yellow to greenish.

(Edwards Plateau, Panhandle, Prairies, Rolling Plains)

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native of Texas)

 

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