Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon procerus Douglas ex Graham sect. Penstemon |
Synonyms | Penstemon micranthus Nutt. |
Penstemon tinctus Pennell | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 300-3700m |
Description | stems glabrous or strigose, basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, glabrous, 4-8cm, inflorescence dense, calyx lobes obovate, abruptly apiculate, margins scarious |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | blue, yellow, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
procerus aberrans (M.E.Jones) A.Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 54: 146 (1912)
procerus brachyanthus (Pennell) Cronquist, Vasc. Pl. Pacific N.W. [C.L. Hitchcock & al.] 4: 398 (1959)
procerus formosus (A.Nelson) Cronquist, ibid.
procerus modestus (Greene) N.H.Holmgren, Brittonia 31: 106 (1979)
procerus tolmiei (Hook.) Cronquist, ibid.
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