Downy Paintbrush
Castilleja sessiliflora
Soft, downy paintbrush of the shortgrass plains with pale pink-and-cream tubular bracts. Like its kin it is hemiparasitic, tapping the roots of neighboring grasses.
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.3–1.3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AZ, CO, IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Castilleja species
- Texas Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa)
- 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)