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Indian paint-brush † 

• any of various wild flowers, Castilleja sp., having bright scarlet to orangey floral bracts.

  See also: paintbrush  painted cup  painter's brush  painter's flower  

  • 1910  The Castillo is a hot-hued flower. The whites call it "Indian's Paint Brush," but the Indians call it "Bloody Nose."
  • 1938  (1950)  Scarlet columbine and red and orange Indian paintbrush cover the open places.
  • 1959  There is no finer feature of the autumn landscape in Alberta . . . than the roadside aster, goldenrod, blue lupins, brown-eyed susan, Indian paint brush and wild geranium.