Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon linarioides A.Gray sect. Caespitosi |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2900m |
Description | finely glandular or glabrous, leaves linear, 8-20mm long, entire, upper leaves short, subulate, flowers 13-17mm long, floral pedicels short, staminodium hirsute |
Size | 8-50cm |
Color | blue, bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, 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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
linarioides coloradoensis (A.Nelson) D.D.Keck, ibid.
linarioides maguieri D.D.Keck, ibid.
linarioides sileri A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 270 (1878)
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