FNPS Plant Database

Ipomopsis rubra

standing-cypress

PHOTOS COMING SOON!

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:

Can become weedy.

Availability:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagation:

Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

Coming Soon!

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:

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Attracts butterflies.

Attracts  hummingbirds.

Native Habitats:

Dry sites. Open, ruderal.

Natural Range in Florida:

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.

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, FL.



https://www.plantrealflorida.org/plant-communities/detail/beach-dunes-zone-9(salt)



https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ipru2



Miyamoto, S. & Martinez, I. & Padilla, M. & Portillo, A. & Ornelas, D.. (2004). Landscape Plant Lists for Salt Tolerance Assessment. https://www.gardenia.net/plant/ipomopsis-rubra



https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/7/article-p1119.xml (salt)



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela.  2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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