devil's paintbrush

American  

noun

1. orange hawkweed.

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Etymology

Origin of devil's paintbrush

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Likewise, Devil's Pulpit and Devil's Paintbrush, Golf Digest's first Best New Canadian Courses in the early 1990s, sit side by side yet don't resemble one another in the slightest.

From Golf Digest

Instead, she’s roaming alpine land looking for orange hawkweed, a wild daisy also known as “Grim the Collier” and “Devil’s Paintbrush” that, if left unchecked, could spread rampantly and choke out other plant species.

From The Wall Street Journal

Continuing the fascination he showed in The Devil's Paintbrush, Arnott again employs Aleister Crowley as a catalyst.

From The Guardian

The tall grass in the meadow in front of the house was about this time laid low; nodding daisies,—white and yellow,—plumy meadow-grass and plain timothy, devil's paintbrush and soft purple grass flowers, alike lay in long rows dying on the ground.

From Project Gutenberg