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Penstemon cerrosensis

Penstemon cerrosensis
Photo: Sula Vanderplank https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sulavanderplank, CC BY 4.0

Penstemon cerrosensis, Cedros Island penstemon, is a small, woody-based perennial with bright scarlet tubular flowers, endemic to Cedros Island off Baja California. It needs sharp drainage, full sun and dry conditions to grow well.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; overwatering rots the roots.
Soil
Very well-drained gritty or rocky mix, such as cactus or alpine compost with added grit.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Cedros I.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Penstemon cerrosensis, also known as Cedros Island penstemon, is a species of flowering plant in the large Penstemon genus in the veronica family. It is endemic to Cedros Island in Baja California.

Where it grows

The natural range of Penstemon cerrosensis is restricted to Isla Cedros in the Pacific Ocean just off the west coast of the Baja California peninsula.

Other Penstemon plants

Firleaf beardtongue · Stemless beardtongue · Sharpleaf penstemon · Los Alamos beardtongue · Alberta beardtongue · White penstemon · White River Beardtongue · Whitemargin beardtongue · Gilia beardtongue · Penstemon angelicus · Siskiyou beardtongue · Broadbeard beardtongue

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Penstemon cerrosensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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