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Keckiella corymbosa
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Recommended citation
'Keckiella corymbosa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Penstemon corymbosus Benth. ex A.DC.
Editorial Note
Bean treated this species under the genus Penstemon.
This species is allied to K. cordifolia, but less common in gardens. It is a dwarf shrub in the wild, usually less than 11⁄2 ft high and often mat-forming. Leaves variable in shape from ovate to elliptic or oblong, up to 11⁄4 in. long and 3⁄8 in. wide, entire or finely toothed, tapered at the base, never cordate as in K. cordifolia. Flowers scarlet, borne after midsummer in terminal corymbs (not in a leafy panicle as in K. cordifolia).