Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon parryi (A.Gray) A.Gray sect. Gentianoides |
Bibliography | Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 264 (1878) |
Native Range | Arizona to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, stems virgate, leaves oblong to spathulate, stem leaves auriculate-semiamplexicaule, flowers in racemose thyrsus, narrowly infundibuliform, 15-20mm long |
Size | 30-120cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Penstemon shantzii A.Nelson Penstemon shantzii var. incognitus A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |