Northwestern Indian Paintbrush

Description:

This Indian paintbrush is under half a meter in height and has bristly gray-green to purple-red herbage. It stands in a clump of erect stems, each topped with an inflorescence of somewhat tubular flowers in bright red to orange-red, sometimes tinted with purple, and usually fuzzy with a thin coat of white hairs.

Habitat:

It is an herbaceous perennial native to the desert scrub and woodlands of western North America.

Notes:

While ATVing we found this plant on the side of the trail to the East of 5 Mile Pass.