| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon procerus Douglas ex Graham sect. Penstemon |
| Bibliography | Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1829(July-Oct.): 348 (1829) |
| Native Range | Alaska to Utah |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 600-3700m |
| Description | stems glabrous or strigose, basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, glabrous, 4-8cm, inflorescence dense, calyx lobes obovate, abruptly apiculate, margins scarious |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | blue, yellow, white |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Lepteiris parviflora Raf. Penstemon confertus var. procerus (Douglas ex Graham) Coville Penstemon micranthus Nutt. Penstemon pononii T.Moore & Mast. Penstemon procerus f. albescens B.Boivin Penstemon procerus var. fimbriatus Regel Penstemon procerus f. jenkinsii B.Boivin Penstemon procerus var. micranthus (Nutt.) M.E.Jones. Penstemon procerus ssp. pulvereus Pennell Penstemon procerus ssp. typicus D.D.Keck Penstemon spicatus T.Moore & Mast. Penstemon tinctus Pennell |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |
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