Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon newberryi A.Gray sect. Erianthera |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 500-3500m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, obtuse, minutely dentate, 10-35mm, inflorescence racemose, flowers 22-30mm, at throat only poorly dilated, staminodium yellow barbate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
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
Northwestern U.S.A. Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
newberryi berryi (Eastw.) D.D.Keck, Ill. Fl. Pacific States [L.Abrams] 3: 768 (1951)
newberryi sonomensis (Greene) D.D.Keck, ibid.
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