Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon pennellianus D.D.Keck sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 23: 614 (1940) |
Native Range | nw. Oregon to se. Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-1800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves thick, rigid, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, petiolate, stem leaves sessile, inflorescence verticillate, flowers 26-33mm, staminodium apically barbate |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |