 Well, as you can see, it's summertime in the high country and I'm sitting here in a cluster of bright red color in amongst a sea of green and gray, sage and grass, Castilegia laneria foliae, Wyoming Indian paintbrush, Wyoming state flower. There are 19 different species of paintbrush in Wyoming. They range from green and yellow to red and orange and their habitats are as varied as the state is varied. But the one which was chosen as our state flower is the brightest, biggest and showiest, the Wyoming Indian paintbrush. A couple of interesting facts about paintbrush. First, the flower that we see really isn't a flower. They are like a poinsettia in that the actual flower is overwhelmed by the dazzle of colorful bracts. A second interesting adaptation is the fact that some of the paintbrushes actually take some of their nourishment from sagebrush plants. So this summer as you marvel at the splash of colors that our Wyoming state flower adds to the rangelands, you can be a little smug about a couple of facts that you know about paintbrush that most people don't. From the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, I'm Eric Peterson.