Keckiella antirrhinoides - Yellow bush snapdragon

Yellow bush snapdragon (Keckiella antirrhinoides), also called yellow bush penstemon, is a drought-deciduous perennial shrub of southern California’s interior chaparral, grown for its fragrant red-yellow flowers and value to hummingbirds. It grows 1-2 m tall and 0.7-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	0.7-1

Footnotes

1. Keckiella antirrhinoides, Yellow Bush Snapdragon | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩