Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Cactus
Flowering Plants
Origin
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South-Central United States
Types
Christmas Cactus, Thanksgiving Cactus
Penstemon digitalis, Penstemon barbatus, Penstemon heterophyllus
Number of Varieties
6200
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40000
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Habitat
subtropical regions, Tropical Forests
Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
13-155-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-10
12-1
Sunset Zone
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
No Available
Habit
-
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
15.00 cm30.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
20.00 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Purple
White, Purple
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Cylindrical
Long linear and narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
-
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
-
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Late Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Stem Cutting
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Needs very little water
Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Well drained
Sun Exposure
-
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
-
Showy
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
Medium
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
-
-
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Soothing and relieving pain
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Bedding Plant, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
Schlumbergera truncata
PENSTEMON cobaea
Common Name
Schlumbergera, false Christmas cactus, Christmas cactus
Beardtongue
In Hindi
Schlumbergera
Beardtongue
In German
Schlumbergera
Bartfaden
In French
Schlumbergera
beardtongue
In Spanish
Schlumbergera
beardtongue
In Greek
Schlumbergera
Beardtongue
In Portuguese
Schlumbergera
Beardtongue
In Polish
Schlumbergera
Beardtongue
In Latin
Gymnocalycium
ursus lingua
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Equisetopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Lamiales
Family
Cactaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Schlumbergera
Penstemon
Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Rhipsalideae
-
Subfamily
Cactoideae
-
Number of Species
6261
1
27800
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