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INDIAN PAINTBRUSH Indian Paintbrush, Painted Cup Castilleja coccinea has very small greenish-yellow flowers which have two lips and protruding pistils. What appears to be the flower is really red-tipped bracts which are specialised leaves enclosing the real flowers. These red lobed bracts give the plant the name "painted cup". It grows on the prairies in North America. [CH] {GW}
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