Purple-blue lupine and red-salmon colored Indian paintbrush flowers bloom on Apikuni Falls Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.

Purple-blue lupine and red-salmon colored Indian paintbrush flowers bloom on Apikuni Falls Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, 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, as well as northeast Asia. Castilleja is classified in the family Orobanchaceae, and is hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.

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Purple-blue lupine and red-salmon colored Indian paintbrush flowers bloom on Apikuni Falls Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Lupinus is a genus in the pea family (also called the legume, bean, or pulse family, Latin name Fabaceae or Leguminosae). Castilleja, commonly known as Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, 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, as well as northeast Asia. Castilleja is classified in the family Orobanchaceae, and is hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.