Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon petiolatus Brandegee sect. Petiolati |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | leaves glaucous, long petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, rather thick, sharply dentate, flowers densely glandular, not very large, staminodium glabrous |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub, cushion |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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