Keckiella corymbosa
Red beardtongue
Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Red beardtongue is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, Sutter Buttes, and central western California in rocky slopes within conifer or hardwood forests at elevations of 100 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces bright pink to red flowers with a tube 17 to 22 millimeters long and an upper lip 9 to 15 millimeters in size. Growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall and less than one meter wide, it develops with young stems that may be glabrous or hairy. Its opposite leaves are 10 to 35 millimeters long, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, with wedge-shaped bases and margins that are entire or have 3 to 5 teeth. The flower's staminode is densely covered in yellow hairs, adding a distinctive texture to its vibrant floral display.
Habitat: Rocky slopes in conifer or hardwood forests, (chaparral)
Bloom period: Jun-Oct
Elevation: 100-2000 m
Bioregions: NW, CaRF, n SNF, ScV (Sutter Buttes), n&c CW.
California counties: Lake, Siskiyou, Trinity, Mendocino, Humboldt, Yolo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, Napa, Sonoma, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, San Benito, Tehama, Sutter, Butte, Shasta, Alameda, San Luis Obispo, Ventura
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.