What Harsh Paintbrush feeds and shelters
- A host plant: butterflies and moths lay their eggs on Harsh Paintbrush, the caterpillars that hatch feed on its leaves, and those caterpillars are what parent songbirds hunt to feed their young.
- From May into July, its flowers are a steady nectar stop for bees and butterflies.
- Songbirds find food and shelter in it.
Bloom calendar
Blooms May to July
- January: not in bloom
- February: not in bloom
- March: not in bloom
- April: not in bloom
- May: in bloom
- June: in bloom
- July: in bloom
- August: not in bloom
- September: not in bloom
- October: not in bloom
- November: not in bloom
- December: not in bloom
Where it grows
Open meadows, rocky slopes, and grasslands of the Pacific Northwest.
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