• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS

Ipomopsis rubra

standing-cypress

Nomenclature

Common Name:

standing-cypress

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Ipomopsis rubra

Family:

Polemoniaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

2-4 (6) ft tall by 1 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

red

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Biennial. Winter dormant. Blooms summer-early fall.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Informal garden planting.

Considerations:

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Propagation:

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Light:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Attracts butterflies.

Attracts  hummingbirds.

Native Habitats:

Dry sites. Open, ruderal.

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

In a 2020 study of salt in irrigation water (https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/7/article-p1119.xml), this species was found to be moderately tolerants of salt (at concentrations considered to be brackish) in the rooting medium.  Plant survival and health were better at lower salt concentrations.  Salt wind tolerance was based on known occurrences of this plant in near-shore, open areas near the east coast of Florida.