standing cypress

 

striking biennial sends up tall, slender spikes adorned with fiery red, tubular flowers in summer to the delight of hummingbirds — feathery foliage forms a lovely rosette in year one

 

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\\ standing cypress (IPRU2)

\\ standing cypress (IPRU2)

plant details

standing cypress

identification

latin name: Ipomopsis rubra

usda code: IPRU2

alternative name(s): Texas plume, Red Texas star, Red gilia 

classification

ecotopes class: sunny perennials + shrubs

ecological condition(s): sunny edge – prairie pocket

size range: medium – 3-8 ft

habit: herbaceous

leaf retention: deciduous

light requirement: full sun – part-sun

color signature: small red flowers on a central spike

native range