FNPS Plant Database
Ipomopsis rubra
Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Polemoniaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
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
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
Attracts butterflies.
Attracts hummingbirds.
Native Habitats:
Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
Citations:
Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.
Huegel, Craig N. (2012). Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Plant Real Florida. (Undated). Plant Communities: Beach Dunes Zone 9. ( https://www.plantrealflorida.org/plant-communities/detail/beach-dunes-zone-9 ). Accessed 2026. Florida Association of Native Nurseries, Melbourne, FL.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2025). Plant Database: Ipomopsis rubra (Standing cypress). ( https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ipru2 ). Accessed 2026. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX.
Miyamoto, S. & Martinez, I. & Padilla, M. & Portillo, A. & Ornelas, D.. (2004). Landscape Plant Lists for Salt Tolerance Assessment. ( https://agrilife.org/elpaso/files/2011/10/Landscape-Plant-Lists-for-Salt-Tolerance-Assessment.pdf
). Accessed 2026. Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Bryan-College Station, TX.
Gardenia, Creating Gardens. (2023). Ipomopsis rubra. ( https://www.gardenia.net/plant/ipomopsis-rubra ). Accessed 2026.
https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/7/article-p1119.xml (salt)
Andrenko, I., Montague, T., McKenney, C., & Plowman, R. (2020). Salinity Tolerance of Select Wildflower Species in a Hydroponic Setting. HortScience, 55(7), 1119–1131. ( https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15052-20 ). Accessed 2026.
Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
