The seeds can be dumped out of upright capsules a few weeks after flowering. The plant provides early nectar for hummingbirds and has a long bloom time. Uses and Notes of Interest: The bright crimson of this paintbrush is one of the most welcome sights of spring in sagebrush country. Direct seeding in autumn around already-established "buddy" plants can also be successful. Flower Family: Figwort Scientific Name: Castilleja miniata. It is sometimes given the English name paintbrush. Between the bracts emerge the yellow-green, red-edged tubular flowers. Survival after outplanting is high, and paintbrush plants often flower the first year. Haemanthus albiflos is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to South Africa. When we have sturdy plants 3-4" tall, we pot them up with a "buddy" of another species in a gallon container and grow them together for 8-12 weeks of pot-cohabitation. When the radicles emerge (after 8-12 weeks in chilling), we plant the seeds in tubes or book planter cells and grow them out under strong light for 12-16 weeks. The seeds, which are tiny and encased in delicate net bags that are beautiful to behold under a microscope, are dormant and require moist chilling to germinate. This makes paintbrushes a little tricky to propagate.Ĭulture: We have had success propagating several paintbrush species using the following protocol. Like many of its relatives, it is a water parasite that survives drought by attaching to the roots of other plants-it is not fussy about which plants, utilizing many species of flowers, shrubs, and grasses. Drought hardy (i.e., needs no supplemental water after establishment on the Wasatch Front). Leaves: lance-shaped, the upper ones three-lobedįlower Color: bracts and calyx brilliant crimson, corollas yellowish greenįlower Form: flowers borne in dense terminal spikes corollas slender, inconspicuous, with elongate beak (galea).įlowering Season: early spring to early summerĬultural Requirements: Prefers full sun and rich to well-drained soils, but tolerates partial shade. Habitat: creosote bush, blackbrush, salt desert shrub, sagebrush, and pinyon- juniper communitiesįoliage Color: dark green, covered with stiff, whitish hairs This species has no known agricultural, economic, or other human uses at this time. Christ, the first botanist to collect the species (Center for Plant Conservation 2006). A single population occurs in the Albion Mountains of Cassia County, Idaho. Other Common Names: Desert Paintbrush, Spring Paintbrushįamily: Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae)ĭistribution: common and widely distributed in the Intermountain West Christ’s Indian paintbrush is one of Idaho’s rarest plants. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Indian Paintbrush FACT SHEET: Indian Paintbrush Castilleja linariaefolia is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft).
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