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#Castilleja probably hispida, acute paintbrush
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Amondgleaves of grass, an inflorescence with many inconspicuous flowers sheathed in bright yellow bracts.

These lovely harsh paintbrushes (Castilleja hispida) are a common feature in some areas of the Okanagan.

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A plant rises from the grass and splits into a dense head of many flowers, with green bracts and bright orange petals.

Only flower of the bunch. I've got a childhood storybook about this flower that I remember fondly.

Song: Tundra Beats•Sun Is Shining

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Castilleja indivisa (also called Indian Paintbrush) blooming in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 4, 2024

Some of the camera settings that I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024May06_birds_and_cats/2024may04_paintbrush_IMG_9707c.html

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Castilleja indivisa (also called Indian Paintbrush) was blooming in a tiny prairie remnant in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 4, 2024.

A short hike up Mt Seymour the other day -
#Campanula lactiflora (blue bell-shaped flowers, non-native, sunny meadow)
#Castilleja miniata (greater #paintbrush, tuft of orange bracts, full sunlight)
#Chamaenerion angustifolium (#fireweed; spike of magenta flowers, a bee, and another pollinator, maybe a fly?, full sunlight)
#Corallorhiza mertensiana (Pacific #coralroot, magenta and green #orchid flower, very dark woods)

#botany #flowers #bloomscrolling

Alt: as above

Eschscholzia californica and Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta - California Poppy and Purple Owl's Clover. Just caught the very last of the super bloom in May at Carrizo Plain National Monument.

The owl's clover is from a family commonly known as paintbrushes. They are hemi-parasites, meaning they feed off the roots of other plants to supplement themselves. In this case they are probably parasitizing other wildflowers that have already gone to seed.

Carrizo plain is one of the largest intact remnants of a native grassland ecosystem, including several alkali sinks. This area escaped cultivation partly due to its remoteness, and has served as a refuge for dozens of rare plants and animals. It's about an hour drive from SLO.

Thank you to @dsfroggy for the use of your camera, and for taking the second photo

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@kas I'll see if I can get over to look at some of the plants this year (hard now to walk out of the yard with this pesky kitty hanging around, I'd have to get my friend to distract him while I escape-- would not want him to follow me down the road!) Until that happens, I dug up some *old* photos from one of the 2 nearby pops: first a couple of shots that show more or less typical #Castilleja miniata colours- they can probably be seen a bit darker/lighter
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Group of Paintbrush/ Castilleja flowers in a grassy area with other forbs. They are a fairly bright corally orange.

Pale coral Paintbrush/Castilleja flower head catching a shaft of sunlight in a mostly shady, green spot.

@cohanf LOL, I've done the same with #Tulipa sprengeri (because Tulipa tarda seems to be able to propagate itself that way) — with nothing to show for it so far.

I didn't know the #Castilleja until now. Such beautiful plants. Do you know the species of the one you've been sowing?

I notice that Castilleja is in the #Broomrape family. I've had success with Ivy-Broomrape, #Orobanche hederae, that is now growing on the Ivy that is covering a long wall. But Castilleja seems to have chlorophyll and everything, so it's not a parasite like its cousin, the Ivy-Broomrape, is it?

Castilleja indivisa (also called Indian Paintbrush) was blooming in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on April 29, 2023 in a small prairie remnant next to trees. This in the cross timbers ecosystem.

Some of the camera settings are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2023May14_birds_and_cats/2023apr29_castilleja_IMG_3849c.html

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