Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon triphyllus Douglas ex Lindl. sect. Saccanthera |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-1800m |
Description | leaves all on stem, to 5cm long, linear to narrowly linear-elliptic, irregularly sharply dentate, calyx viscid, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, flowers 12-15mm long |
Size | 25-80cm |
Color | blue, purplish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
triphyllus infernalis N.H.Holmgren, Brittonia 70: 125 (2017)
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