by Dr. F. Alice LeDuc
Paintbrushes (Castilleja). Fascinating name for these plants, the flower inflorescences look like fluffy paintbrushes that have been dipped in paint. We are going to look at two different groups of Castilleja. The first is the typical paintbrush group and the second is a group that at one time was a separate genus, Orthocarpus, and is now considered part of Castilleja. This group had the common name of Owls Clover because…
