| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon heterodoxus A.Gray sect. Penstemon |
| Synonyms | Penstemon geniculatus Greene |
| Penstemon glastifolius Greene | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1100-3900m |
| Description | leaves dark green, glabrous, basal leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, 15-30mm long, petiolate, inflorescence of 2-4 remote whorls, flowers 10-16mm, staminodium hirsute |
| Size | 5-65cm |
| Color | bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
heterodoxus typicus D.D.Keck, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 33: 163 (1945)
heterodoxus cephalophorus (Greene) D.D.Keck, ibid.
heterodoxus shastensis (D.D.Keck) N.H.Holmgren, Amer. Midl. Naturalis 33: 163 (1992)
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