Common Name:
INDIAN PAINTBRUSH
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
8
Coefficient of Wetness:
0
Wetness Index:
FAC
Physiognomy:
Nt B-Forb
C. Peirce
Calcareous sandy or gravelly shores, including interdunal flats and conifer thickets; river and stream banks, swamps (especially cedar), occasionally fens; marshy ground, meadows, springy and marly places, crevices and shallow soil at limestone outcrops; moist jack pine and oak scrub. Especially conspicuous in the straits region.
In f. lutescens Farw., the calyx and bracts are bright yellow rather than red; it is found occasionally, usually with the common form but sometimes in a stand by itself. Forma alba Farw. was described as white, and orange color foms have also been seen.