Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon sonomensis Greene sect. Erianthera |
Bibliography | Pittonia 2: 218 (1891) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 800-2300m |
Description | leaves pale green, coriaceous, obcordate, mucronulate, denticulate, very shortly petiolate, thyrsus secund, sepals lanceolate, acuminate, corolla 22-30mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Synonyms | Penstemon newberryi var. sonomensis (Greene) Jeps. Penstemon newberryi ssp. sonomensis (Greene) D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |