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Indian paint-brush†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of various wild flowers, Castilleja sp., having bright scarlet to orangey floral bracts.

See: paintbrush,painted cup,painter's brush,painter's flower

Quotations

1910

The Castillo is a hot-hued flower. The whites call it "Indian's Paint Brush," but the Indians call it "Bloody Nose."

1938

Scarlet columbine and red and orange Indian paintbrush cover the open places.

1959

There is no finer feature of the autumn landscape in Alberta . . . than the roadside aster, goldenrod, blue lupins, brown-eyed susan, Indian paint brush and wild geranium.