Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon cyananthus Hook. sect. Glabri |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-3300m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves ovate-lanceolate, stem leaves shorter and wider, ovate, sessile, inflorescence elongate, with long internodes, flowers 17-25mm, staminodium orange |
Size | 5-60cm |
Color | dark bluish violet |
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 , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
cyananthus judyae N.D.Atwood, Utah Fl., ed 3: 622 (2003)
cyananthus subglaber (A.Gray) N.H.Holmgren, Brittonia 31: 105 (1979)
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