Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Orange ), 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Indian Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, Castilleja indivisa, Scrophulariaceae (Figwort) Family. Indigenous annual, 6 - 15 inches tall. Leaves 1 - 4 inches long, alternate. Flowers are small 1 inch cream-colored and slender. The larger bracts vary from red to pale orange and give the "flower" its color. Moist sandy loam and calcareous soils. Wildflowers of Texas calls them semi-parasitic because the roots grow until the touch the roots of other plants. They then penetrate the "host" roots and obtain part of their nutrients from the "host." Blooms from March through May.

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