Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon harbourii A.Gray sect. Penstemon |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3200-4200m |
Description | leaves ovate, dully green, strigose, basal leaves reduced, flowers 15-20mm long in short raceme, lower lip of corolla densely barbate, staminodium barbate to one-half |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | bluish lilac |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
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. (Colorado) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLANTAGINACEAE
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