Keckiella ternata - Summer bush penstemon

Summer bush penstemon (Keckiella ternata) is a stress-deciduous perennial sub-shrub of California chaparral and oak woodland, bearing bright red flowers through summer. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Keckiella ternata, Summer Bush Penstemon | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

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