Taking a closer look at an individual plant you can begin to see the true workings of the flowers themselves. In a world of neatly trimmed and manicured lawns, it's a welcome thing to hear of someone sparing their yard the blade in an attempt to preserve some natural beauty. The owner's neighbor came over while I was photographing and explained he'd seen the property go through several owners over the decades and they all appreciated the paintbrush's presence and didn't mow until well after it had set to seed. Indian paintbrush isn't all that uncommon in the cedar barrens, hanging prairies, and meadows of Adams county but this demonstration is the best I've yet to see.
#Indian paintbrush flower Patch#
It certainly adds an unmistakable color to the ever-advancing spring landscape, which contrasts perfectly against the surrounding green vegetation.ĭense patch of the scarlet indian paintbrush Apart from the obvious paintbrush, several other species of flowers we're blooming including: yellow star grass ( Hypoxis hirsuta), white blue-eyed grass ( Sisrynchium albidum), arrow-leaved violet ( Viola sagittata), and lyre-leaved sage ( Salvia lyrata). The fallow meadow had several hundred plants scattered about in perfect peak bloom. Scarlet Indian Paintbrush ( Castilleja coccinea)
There's some plants that require tedious examination while squinting through a hand lens to identify and there are those you can instantly ID going 60 miles an hour down the road: these are the latter. I couldn't help but notice this stupendous display along a southern Ohio road the other day as I was out botanizing. Ohio's sole species is the scarlet indian paintbrush ( Castilleja coccinea), which also goes by the common name of painted-cup.įallow meadow with a scattering of scarlet indian paintbrush The vividly colored flowers of the Castilleja genus are much better known out west where just about all of North America's 100+ species occur while just a handful of them occur east of the Mississippi. It may come to some as a surprise that Ohio is home to its very own species of Indian paintbrush.
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