Penstemon eatonii - Firecracker penstemon

Firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii) is a deciduous perennial of southwest desert mountains, forming a low rosette of leaves below upright stalks of showy red, tubular flowers. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and 0.5-0.7 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.5-0.7

Footnotes

1. Penstemon eatonii, Firecracker 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 ↩