Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon comarrhenus A.Gray sect. Glabri |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 1000-2800m |
Description | glabrous or finely pubescent, blue-grey, leaves linear-spathulate, petiolate, stem leaves linear, inflorescence elongate, secund, flowers 25mm long, staminodium glabrous |
Size | 30-80cm |
Color | lavender-blue, pale blue |
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
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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