| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon deustus Douglas ex Lindl. sect. Penstemon |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 400-3000m |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves rigid, ovate to lanceolate, 1-3cm, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, calyx glabrous, lobes ovate, corolla 10-12mm long, staminodium glabrous |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | whitish |
| 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 , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
deustus pedicellatus M.E.Jones. Zoe 4: 281 (1893)
deustus suffrutescens L.F.Hend., Rhodora 33: 206 (1931)
eustus variabilis (Suksd.) Pennell & D.D.Keck, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 602 (1940)
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