Indian paintbrush

English

Noun

Indian paintbrush (uncountable)

1. A herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Castilleja.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 107:

     Webb and Veikko watched across a meadow of larkspur and Indian paintbrush, and behind them a little creek rushed down the hillside.

2. Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket, firewheel), a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
3. Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed), a milkweed of eastern North America.
4. Hieracium spp. (certain hawkweeds).

Translations

Castilleja

• Navajo: dahiitį́hídą́ą́ʼtsoh

Gaillardia pulchella

• Navajo: tsísʼnádą́ą́ʼ