Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Biennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	24 - 60 inches
Plant Spread:	18 - 24 inches
Leaves:	Evergreen Semi-evergreen
Fruit:	Edible to birds
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Red
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Uses:	Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Other info: This plant self seeds.

Common names

Standing Cypress
Texas Plume
Red Texas Star
Red Gilia
Scarlet Gilia

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Location: north central Texas
Date: May 2003
Growing on the roadside in the county

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Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 2021-07-23

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Location: Toledo, IA
Date: 2022-07-16
Husak Gardens

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-06-04
Grown from collected seed as companion plant to tall bearded iris

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Location: My garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: May 2017

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Location: Gause, Texas
Date: 2021-07-01
Taken on County Rd 359 driving to our rural cabin in Central TX

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Date: c. 1901
illustration by Mrs. Ellis Rowan from Alice Lounsberry's 'Southe

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2017-02-19

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Ipomopsis rubra, occasional yellow bloom

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-07-15

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Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-05-22
With the overnight rain, this one was *Leaning* Cypress. :-)

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-23

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Location: Gause, Texas
Date: 2021-07-01
Taken along County Rd 359 going to our rural cabin property.

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Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 08-04-16

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-22

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-07-13

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Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2001 Fall
Ipomopsis rubra many seeds on a tall stalk easily grown from s

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Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-08-01

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Location: Woodbridge , Va
Date: 08-15-16
multiple plants but a single plant can and do produce multiple fl

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Location: Mississippi
Date: 2015-12-28
Blooms and buds

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Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-05

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-24
Not in bloom, used as a companion plant for tall beard iris.

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Location: illustration [as Gilia coronopifolia] from 'Flore des serres', 1856
Date: c. 1856

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Location: Pinehurst, Texas
Date: 2018-04-26

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-07-26

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Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: August 9, 2009
photo by James Steakley

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2010
Young foliage in Spring.

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Location: Central Texas
Date: 2016-01-12

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Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2006
night shot

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Location: north central Texas
Date: May 2003
Closeup of the blooms in a roadside stand.

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-01-31

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-02

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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-07-23
thin and frilly

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-21
naturalizing as wildflowers

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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2010-02-21
Overwintered evergreen basal rosette.

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-09-27
First pair of true leaves.

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-07-20
w/ Casa Blanca lily

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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-1-12

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Location: central Illinois
Date: summer 2006

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: May 2017

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-09-16
Direct sown. Took a week to germinate.

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-12-07

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-21
from seed sown to naturalize - very airy, ferny foliage

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2015-05-21

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 10-6-11

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Comments:

Posted by TexasPlumeria87 (Plano, TX - Zone 8a) on May 23, 2017 11:31 AM concerning plant:

I started my plants from seed that I scattered in October of 2016, they bloomed in May of 2017. I wasn't expecting them to bloom so soon, but once they did, they're stunning. The flowers on mine are more of a red/orange color with white variegation on the inner petals. The hummingbirds love this plant and I saw one go from the top blooms to the bottom ones. It requires very little water and mine grew to almost 6 ft. I hope I have plenty of volunteers next year.

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Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 1, 2012 1:14 PM concerning plant:

A self-seeding wildflower originally from Texas. Has self-seeded up here for multiple years.

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Plant Events from our members
variegatagal	On March 10, 2018	Maintenance performed Soooo many seedlings. Yanked some.
variegatagal	On February 23, 2017	Plant emerged Seedlings scattered in front yard everywhere!
variegatagal	On September 3, 2016	Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Removed, expecting seeds
variegatagal	On March 21, 2016	Obtained plant Painted Flower Farm,Inc. 3801 Lariat Road Denton, TX
MrsBinWY	On October 8, 2023	Transplanted On 10-8-2023, planted out the milk jug of seedlings from the germination test. Next to garage north side.
MrsBinWY	On April 23, 2023	Seeds sown 25 dark and 25 light seeds; milk jug; room temp
MrsBinWY	On May 4, 2019	Transplanted 5 groups of 3: near peonies in back; next to big iron pot; with Bob iris; near leaks in alley; and in front by Pontechium maculatum
MrsBinWY	On April 13, 2019	Potted up 25 - One was small, but all the sown seeds germinated. Previous germination percentages have always been very low. Maybe the house temps were warmer this year?
MrsBinWY	On January 30, 2019	Seeds germinated 2; 22 up on 2-6-19
MrsBinWY	On January 26, 2019	Seeds sown 25 seeds from 2016G in milk jug @ room temp
antsinmypants	On April 15, 2021	Plant emerged Several
antsinmypants	On March 23, 2021	Seeds sown WS - Jug 37

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Grown from seed by wildflowers	Feb 1, 2015 11:45 AM	2

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Ipomopsis Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra)

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