Scientific Name
Ipomopsis rubra

Common Name
Standing cypress; Scarlet gilia

Life Cycle: --

Height: 2 to 6 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 inch red tubular flowers in a long, slender, branching cluster on a leafy stem; spreading corolla lobes marked inside with red spots against a yellow background
Flowering Season: Summer into fall
Foliage: Pinnately divided leaves with numerous linear to thread-like bristle-tipped segments
Site: River banks, sandy open places
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