Photo by Carla Wells
Indian Paintbrush is a native, annual wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows one to two feet tall. It has greenish yellow flowers that are an inch long. The flowers are interspersed among a cluster of bright, three-lobed, red-tipped, bracts. It has a single hairy stem and nearly clasping alternate leaves that are usually divided into three narrow, finger-like lobes. It grows in moist areas in open fields, prairies, and rocky outcroppings. (LS)