Galvezia speciosa
From California Natives Wiki
Species Name: Galvezia speciosa
Common Name: Island Snapdragon
- Can be trained as a shrub or vine. Ruby red flowers attract hummingbirds. Glossy leaves look great year round. Does well in clay. Good against a north or east-facing wall where it is out of direct sun. Endangered in a portion of its range.
- Plant Family: Scrophulariaceae
- Plant Type: Shrub
- Height by Width: 3' H x 5' W
- Growth Habit: Trailing shrub
- Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Sun Exposure: Partial sun or shade
- Soil Preference: Adaptable
- Water Requirements: Drought-tolerant to moderate
- Cold Hardy to: Frost tender
- Flower Season: Spring
- Flower Color: Red
- Endangered?: List 1B/RED 2-2-2
- Distribution: Santa Barbara Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Catalina Island, Guadalupe Island.
- Natural Habitat: Rocky cliffs, canyons, rocky coastal scrub. Elevation: below 900 meters.
- Care and Maintenance
- History
- Introduced into cultivation in California by Theodore Payne.
- From California Native Plants, Theodore Payne's 1941 catalog: "A rare and beautiful shrub from Catalina and San Clemente Islands. Forms a much branched sprawling plant, ranging from 3 to 8 feet in hight with rather small, opposite oblong leaves. Bright scarlet tubular flowers. Excellent planting on banks near the coast. Plants on three estates in Santa Barbara have bloomed the entire year round. Gallon cans, 50c."
- Other Names
- References
- Bornstein, Carol, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien. California Native Plants for the Garden. Los Olivos, CA: Cachuma Press. 2005.
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