Orange Indian Paintbrush flowers / Castilleja. Ingalls Creek Trail, Leavenworth, Washington, USA

Orange flowers of Indian Paintbrush bloom on Ingalls Creek Trail, in Wenatchee National Forest, between Leavenworth and Blewett Pass, in Washington, USA. Castilleja (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, 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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Orange flowers of Indian Paintbrush bloom on Ingalls Creek Trail, in Wenatchee National Forest, between Leavenworth and Blewett Pass, in Washington, USA. Castilleja (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, plus northeast Asia. These plants are classified in the family Orobanchaceae and are hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and forbs.