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• n  erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
• n  any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts

• butterfly weed
• orange milkweed
• chigger flower
• chiggerflower
• pleurisy root
• tuber root
• Indian paintbrush
• Asclepias tuberosa
• painted cup

News & Articles

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• Wildflower season beginning to blossom in Tahoe
  With a dry winter, wildflower season is bound to arrive early in the greater Lake Tahoe area. Reports from the Carson Pass are that the flowers are not out yet. However, at lake level, lupine, mules’ ear and Indian paintbrush are creating a purple-yellow-red mosaic [...]
  June 21, 2013 - Lake Tahoe News