Native Salvia?
Lynda Waldrep
6 years ago
Posted on Name that Plant, but no response, so since this is supposed to be a native, I will try here. Bought it two years ago at a native plant symposium in Alabama.
It had a name, but the tag blew away.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThat looks more like a penstemon flower to me. I found this online when I typed in 'Orange Penstemon'. Could it be an orangey version of Yellow Bush Penstemon? Keckiella antirrhinoides. The structure of the flower looks the same and so do the small leaves. It looks like the flower has a beard but its hard to see in that picture.
http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/plants/Plantaginaceae/Keckiella%20antirrhinoides.htm
There is a also red one---- Keckiella cordifolia
http://www.theodorepayne.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Keckiella_cordifoliadbarron
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6 years agoLynda Waldrep
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