Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon saxosorum Pennell sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 349 (1920) |
Native Range | Colorado to sc. Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-3600m |
Description | leaves entire, glabrous, linear-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-14cm long, inflorescence elongate, flowers 18-24mm, glabrous, staminodium uncinate, apically barbate |
Size | 10-80cm |
Color | dark 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. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |