Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers, Colorado National Monument, Colorado, USA.

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.

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Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja) flowers bloom red in Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. This desert land is high on the Colorado Plateau dotted with pinion and juniper forests. Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.