Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon leiophyllus Pennell sect. Glabri |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-4000m |
Description | grey-green, glandular-strigose, leaves dully green, 3-8cm long, oblanceolate to linear, inflorescence secund, 17-30mm long, staminodium subglabrous |
Size | 5-55cm |
Color | blue, 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
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
leiophyllus francisci-pennellii (Crosswh.) N.H.Holmgren, Intermountain Fl. [A.Cronquist & al.] 4: 432 (1984)
leiophyllus keckii (Clokey) N.H.Holmgren, ibid.
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