Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon pachyphyllus A.Gray ex Rydb. sect. Coerulei |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 1200-3200m |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, leaves carnose, stem leaves ovate, sometimes mucronate, flowers in thyrsus, corolla 17-23mm, gradually extending from short tube, staminodium barbate |
Size | 15-55cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
pachyphyllus congestus (M.E.Jones) D.D.Keck, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 490 (1939)
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