Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon neotericus D.D.Keck sect. Saccanthera |
Bibliography | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 16: 398 (1932) |
Native Range | n. & nc. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2200m |
Description | glabrous, blue-grey, leaves crowded at base, narrowly oblanceolate to spathulate, 1-4cm long, shortly petiolate, inflorescence elongate, pedicels 1-2-flowered, flowers 3cm |
Size | 20-80cm |
Color | bluish purple |
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. (CAL California) |