Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Castilleja, commonly known as paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, or prairie-fire, is a genus of about 200 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, northern Asia, and one species as far west as the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. Wikipedia