Texas Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa
The Texas paintbrush that shares roadsides with bluebonnets, and the pairing is not an accident — sown together, the paintbrush parasitizes the lupine and both do better. An annual: scatter seed on the surface in autumn and leave it uncovered.
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.7–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- red, orange
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, FL, LA, OK, TX
Related native plants
More Castilleja species
- Purple Owl's-clover (Castilleja exserta)
- Scarlet Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)
- Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja integra)
- Scarlet Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
- Wyoming Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia)
- Harsh Paintbrush (Castilleja hispida)