Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon petiolatus Brandegee sect. Petiolati |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 27: 455 (1899) |
Native Range | sw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | leaves glaucous, long petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, rather thick, sharply dentate, flowers densely glandular, not very large, staminodium glabrous |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |