




Castilleja coccinea
The Painted-cup Paintbrush is a bright and colorful flower that looks like a paintbrush dipped in paint! It grows in sunny places and attracts butterflies and bees with its vibrant colors.
Habitat: Grasslands
The Painted-cup Paintbrush has vibrant, flame-like clusters of red, orange, or yellow bracts at the top of its stems. These showy, leaf-like structures largely overshadow the true, tiny green flowers nestled within. Its striking, brush-stroke appearance makes it easily recognizable in meadows.





Category
PlantsRarity
Common
Danger
1/5 · Very low
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Hummingbirds love to visit these plants, drinking sweet nectar from deep inside the blossoms.
Its real flowers are tiny green tubes, completely hidden by the brilliant colored 'leaves'!
Some Native American cultures traditionally used its vibrant colors to make beautiful dyes.
This plant is a 'hemiparasite', secretly borrowing water and nutrients from its neighbors!
Painted-cup Paintbrush can connect its roots to nearby plants, stealing their water and nutrients to help it thrive in tough soils.
Painted-cup Paintbrush has brilliant red and orange bracts that mimic petals, helping it attract pollinators like hummingbirds from afar.
Flowering plants are any plants that produce flowers as part of their reproductive cycle.
Biennial plants complete their life cycle over two growing seasons, typically forming foliage in the first year and flowering/seeding in the second.
Spring blooming plants produce their flowers during the spring season, often signifying the end of winter and the start of new growth.
Summer blooming plants produce their flowers during the summer season, often providing vibrant color when many other plants have finished.
Fragrant flowers emit a pleasant aroma, often to attract pollinators or for defense.
Colorful describes organisms or objects displaying a wide range of bright and distinct colors.
Grassland habitats are terrestrial biomes dominated by grasses and herbaceous plants, supporting a variety of grazing animals.
Describes plants that are particularly attractive and beneficial to a wide range of pollinating organisms.
Describes organisms that break down dead organic material, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.
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Danger
1/5 · Very low
Don't pick flowers without asking an adult, so they can keep growing for everyone to enjoy!
20-60 cm
10-20 cm
1-2 cm
Spring to summer
No
Mild
Perennial
Bird
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