| Scientific Name: | Castilleja spp. |
| Common Name: | Indian paintbrush, harsh paintbrush |
| Family Name: | Orobanchaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Native planting, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Basal, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Spatulate, Incised, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Spike, Orange, Red, Apr-May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal and spatulate in first year, and then alternate on flowering stem of second year, lanceolate or tree-pointed towards apex on the flowering stalks the next year, most 4-7cm long x 1-2cm wide; flowers green but with large mostly three-lobed bracts which look as though they were dipped in orange or red or yellow paint. | |