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xseption In reply to karma1apple [2006-04-17 16:35:06 +0000 UTC]

prairie paintbrush? I was told it was citron paintbrush or lemon paintbrush ... same idea?

thanks!

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karma1apple In reply to xseption [2006-04-17 22:02:56 +0000 UTC]

*nods* "Prairie" is just a catchall, since they are all the same species. The color differences are only genetic variations.

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xseption In reply to karma1apple [2006-04-18 00:49:08 +0000 UTC]

are the color variations specific to regions?

thanks!

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karma1apple In reply to xseption [2006-04-18 02:42:02 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... I want to say that it's just simple genetics, because I'm pretty sure that they hybridize freely (we used to have a few-acre stretch of them in a whole rainbow of colors and hues lining the highway by our property), but to tell the truth, I haven't looked into it. I do know that the different colors are all considered variations of the same species, which means that they can interbreed, but I don't know the mechanism for how the color is passed on (whether it's simple dominance, codominance, etc.)

So to answer your question, yes and no. I've never seen this brilliant Citron color down where my family lives (Godley, TX), but I have seen yellows and greens in other areas of North Texas. But on the other hand, I've only rarely seen areas that have solely one shade of paintbrush. (And I believe those were usually the Rosy Paintbrush)

Hope this helped!

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