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Bush beardtongue

Keckiella breviflora

Bush beardtongue
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
California to Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Keckiella breviflora (formerly Penstemon breviflorus) is a species of flowering shrub in the veronica family known by the common name bush beardtongue.

It is native to many of the western Transverse Ranges, Inner California Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada in California, and its range extends just into Nevada.

Where it grows

The majority of the gaping penstemon's range is in northern and central California, but it extends into the westernmost portions of Nevada. In California it grows in mountainous areas including the western Transverse Ranges, the southern Coast Ranges, and the Sierra Nevadas from the foothills to high ranges.

Other Keckiella plants

Snapdragon penstemon · Heartleaf keckiella · Redwood keckiella · Lemmon's keckiella · Rothrock's keckiella · Scarlet keckiella · Keckiellas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Keckiella breviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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