Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon pennellianus D.D.Keck sect. Glabri |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-1800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves thick, rigid, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, petiolate, stem leaves sessile, inflorescence verticillate, flowers 26-33mm, staminodium apically barbate |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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