Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon osterhoutii Pennell sect. Coerulei |
Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 358 (1920) |
Native Range | Colorado |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1600-2700m |
Description | leaves glabrous, blue-grey, sharply mucronate, ovate, lower leaves to 12cm long, upwards smaller, inflorescence racemose, flowers with long tube, staminodium uncinate |
Size | 20-75cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) |