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Climbing Penstemon
( Keckiella cordifolia )
Keckiella cordifolia
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About Climbing Penstemon (Keckiella cordifolia)
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Keckiella cordifolia
(formerly Penstemon cordifolius) is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common name heartleaf keckiella. It is native to the coast and coastal mountains of southern California and northern Baja California, and it is a resident of chaparral and coastal woodland plant communities. This is a spreading shrub reaching maximum heights in excess of two meters. Its shiny green leaves are oval to heart-shaped, pointed, and edged with small teeth. They are 2 to 6 centimeters long and arranged oppositely on the branches. The shrub produces hairy, hairy flower clusters of many flowers each. The flower is somewhat tubular with a wide open mouth. It is fuzzy on the external surface and any shade of pale orange to deep scarlet. It is up to 3 centimeters long and 4 wide at the mouth, which has three flat lower lobes and two joined upper lobes. Inside the mouth are long filamentous stamens and a flat, hairy, yellow sterile stamen called a staminode.
Best to place this plant in shady slopes in hotter inland areas, preferably in places with a little more natural groundwater such as slope bottoms. Place in sunny spots in cooler coastal areas.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
3 - 6.6 ft tall
3 - 6 ft wide
Form
Rounded, Spreading
Growth Rate
Fast
Dormancy
Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-Deciduous
Fragrance
Slight
Flower Color
Red
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer
Wildlife Supported
Hummingbirds, butterflies, other pollinators
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 2
likely
* )
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Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Euphydryas chalcedona
*
Sympistis fortis
Sympistis fortis
*
Sympistis singularis
Sympistis singularis
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade, Full Sun
Moisture
Very Low, Low
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 46
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 0 - -5° F
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Adaptable. Soil PH: 6 - 8
Common uses
Deer Resistant, Hummingbird Gardens, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Chamise, Woolly Bluecurls, White Sage,
California Buckwheat
, California Coffeeberry, Toyon, Lemonade Berry, Coastal
Prickly Pear
Cactus, Manzanita species, Yucca spp,
Propagation
?
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Sunset Zones
?
7, 8, 9, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Natural Setting
Site Type
Rocky, well drained slopes with chaparral, often in shade, in the southern part of the state and the coastal side of the mountain ranges
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.5" - 38.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.13" - 2.45", Coldest Month: 33.5" - 58.8", Hottest Month: 59.8" - 87.5", Humidity: 0.47" - 38.32", Elevation: -191" - 7419"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Heart-leaved Keckiella, Heartleaf Keckiella
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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