Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon baccharifolius Hook. sect. Baccharifolii |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 78: t. 4627 (1852) |
Native Range | Texas to ne. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-2000m |
Description | stem leaves 5-15 pairs, oblong, cuneate, sharply dentate to entire, obtuse or acute, thyrsus lax, whorls 3-7pairs, cymes 1-2-flowered, corolla 22-27mm long |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | dark red |
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 | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXS Mexico Southwest) |