California Fire Follower Flowers

Compiled from multiple sources, this guide represents mostly herbaceous (but a few showy shrubs) plants that respond to fire in California.
It includes both native and non-native species; please send additions to boschniakia!

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Taxonomy
« Back To Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies Order Lamiales
- Plantain Family Family Plantaginaceae
  - 8 Tribe Antirrhineae
  - 7 Penstemon and Allies Tribe Cheloneae

heartleaf keckiella ¹
Keckiella cordifolia

Antirrhinum kelloggii ²
Neogaerrhinum strictum

blue toadflax ³
Nuttallanthus canadensis

Texas toadflax ⁴
Nuttallanthus texanus

Antirrhinum cornutum ⁵
Sairocarpus cornutus

Antirrhinum coulterianum ⁶
Sairocarpus coulterianus

Antirrhinum multiflorum ⁷
Sairocarpus multiflorus

Antirrhinum nuttallianum ⁸
Sairocarpus nuttallianus

Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum ⁹
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus

Greene's Blue-eyed Mary ¹⁰
Collinsia greenei

Parry's blue-eyed Mary
Collinsia parryi

scarlet bugler ¹¹
Penstemon centranthifolius

Bunchleaf Penstemon ¹²
Penstemon heterophyllus

Showy Penstemon ¹³
Penstemon spectabilis

Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis
Penstemon spectabilis spectabilis

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California Fire Follower Flowers

heartleaf keckiella 1 Keckiella cordifolia

Antirrhinum kelloggii 2 Neogaerrhinum strictum

blue toadflax 3 Nuttallanthus canadensis

Texas toadflax 4 Nuttallanthus texanus

Antirrhinum cornutum 5 Sairocarpus cornutus

Antirrhinum coulterianum 6 Sairocarpus coulterianus

Antirrhinum multiflorum 7 Sairocarpus multiflorus

Antirrhinum nuttallianum 8 Sairocarpus nuttallianus

Antirrhinum vexillocalyculatum 9 Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus

Greene's Blue-eyed Mary 10 Collinsia greenei

Parry's blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parryi

scarlet bugler 11 Penstemon centranthifolius

Bunchleaf Penstemon 12 Penstemon heterophyllus

Showy Penstemon 13 Penstemon spectabilis

Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis Penstemon spectabilis spectabilis