| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon speciosus Douglas sect. Glabri |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1270 (1829) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 300-3300m |
| Description | leaves thick, rigid, glabrous, oblanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, to 15cm long, stem leaves sessile, inflorescence lax, verticillate, anthers glabrous, flowers 26-38mm long |
| Size | 7-65cm |
| Color | bluish purple |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Penstemon deserticola Piper Penstemon glaber var. speciosus (Douglas) Regel Penstemon glaber f. speciosus (Douglas) Voss Penstemon kennedyi A.Nelson Penstemon pilifer A.Heller Penstemon rex A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr. Penstemon speciosus ssp. kennedyi (A.Nelson) D.D.Keck Penstemon speciosus var. pilifer (A.Heller) Munz & I.M.Johnst. Penstemon speciosus ssp. typicus D.D.Keck |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |
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