Keckiella
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Keckiella is a genus of plants in the [Scrophulariaceae/Snapdragon family]]. It includes several species of plants known commonly as keckiellas. A few species may be called beardtongues or penstemons because some keckiellas once belonged to genus Penstemon
. Keckiellas are native to the American southwest, especially California. They bloom in attractive snapdragon-like
flowers. Genus Keckiella was named after the American botanist David D. Keck
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Species:
Penstemon
Penstemon , Beard-tongue, is a large genus of North American and East Asian plants traditionally placed in the Scrophulariaceae family. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae...
. Keckiellas are native to the American southwest, especially California. They bloom in attractive snapdragon-like
Antirrhinum
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as snapdragons from the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed...
flowers. Genus Keckiella was named after the American botanist David D. Keck
David D. Keck
David Daniel Keck was an American botanist who was notable for his work on angiosperm taxonomy and genetics....
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Species:
- Keckiella antirrhinoidesKeckiella antirrhinoidesKeckiella antirrhinoides is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common names snapdragon penstemon and chaparral beardtongue. It is native to the deserts of California, Arizona, and adjacent Baja California. This desert shrub grows one half to two and a half meters...
- snapdragon penstemon, yellow bush snapdragon - Keckiella brevifloraKeckiella brevifloraKeckiella breviflora is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common name bush beardtongue. It is native to many of the mountain ranges and foothills of central California, and its range extends just into Nevada. This is a branching, bushy shrub with many thin stems,...
- bush beardtongue, gaping beardtongue - Keckiella cordifoliaKeckiella cordifoliaKeckiella cordifolia is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common name heartleaf keckiella. It is native to the coast and coastal mountains of southern California and northern Baja California, and it is a resident of chaparral and coastal woodland plant communities...
- heartleaf keckiella, climbing penstemon - Keckiella corymbosaKeckiella corymbosaKeckiella corymbosa is a species of flowering shrub in the plantain family known by the common name redwood penstemon, or redwood keckiella. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the coastal mountain forests of the central and northern regions of the state...
- redwood keckiella - Keckiella lemmoniiKeckiella lemmoniiKeckiella lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Lemmon's keckiella. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in the coniferous forests and chaparral of coastal and inland mountain ranges. Its range may extend just into Nevada...
- Lemmon's keckiella - Keckiella rothrockiiKeckiella rothrockiiKeckiella rothrockii is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Rothrock's keckiella. It is native to the desert mountains of southeastern California and adjacent Nevada, where it lives in sagebrush and woodland. This is a short, wide shrub reaching maximum...
- Rothrock's keckiella, Rothrock's penstemon - Keckiella ternataKeckiella ternataKeckiella ternata is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name scarlet keckiella. It is native to the mountains of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several local habitat types, including chaparral and woodland. It is a shrub often...
- scarlet keckiella