Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon idahoensis N.D.Atwood & S.L.Welsh sect. Glabri |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-1700m |
Description | viscid, lower leaves oblanceolate, to 7cm, upper leaves leaves more narrow, to 5cm, oblong, carnose, inflorescence with broad bracts, flowers glabrous, staminodium lanate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | 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. (Idaho ) Southwestern U.S.A. (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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