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Keckiella breviflora - Yawning Penstemon

Keckiella breviflora is a midsized shrub growing 3-5 feet tall. Keckiella breviflora goes by the common name Yawning Penstemon. Keckiella breviflora grows in the California Coastal and Sierra mountain ranges from the Chaparral to the Yellow Pine communities. Keckiella breviflora has broad lavender pink tubular flowers late Spring into Summer. The flowers are fragrant and attract hummingbirds and bees including this Yellow Faced Bumblebee and the Common Buckeye and variable checkerspot butterflies making this a nice addition to the Butterfly Garden and Hummingbird Garden. Keckiella breviflora is Winter hardy to 0°F.

Keckiella breviflora, Yawning Penstemon

Lavender pink striped flowers and Yellow Faced Bumblebee Keckiella breviflora - Yawning Penstemon. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.

Keckiella breviflora, Yawning Penstemon

Lavender pink striped flowers and Yellow Faced Bumblebee Keckiella breviflora - Yawning Penstemon. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.

Other Penstemons featured on this site:
Keckiella antirrhinoides * Yellow Bush Penstemon
Keckiella cordifolia * Heartleaf Penstemon
Keckiella ternata * Blue Stemmed Penstemon
Penstemon Apple Blossom
Penstemon Burgundy Brew
Penstemon centranthifolius * Scarlet Bugler
Penstemon cobaea
Penstemon eatonii
Penstemon Evelyn
Penstemon Firebird
Penstemon grinnellii
Penstemon heterophyllus
Penstemon Hidcote Pink
Penstemon Holly's White
Penstemon Husker Red
Penstemon Margarita BOP
Penstemon Midnight
Penstemon palmeri
Penstemon parryi
Penstemon Raven
Penstemon Red Rocks
Penstemon spectabilis
Penstemon triflorus