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magenta paintbrush

Castilleja parviflora

Description:

Like Indian paintbrush, magenta paintbrush or small flowered paintbrush is an hemiparasitic on the roots of grasses and other plants. With a high level of selenium it was used as a cure for rheumatism by Indian tribes

Habitat:

alpine meadows

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2 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

added scientific name and descript photo

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Beautiful.

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Washington, USA

Spotted on Sep 9, 2011
Submitted on Sep 21, 2011

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