Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon idahoensis N.D.Atwood & S.L.Welsh sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Great Basin Naturalist 48: 496 (1988) |
Native Range | Idaho to Nevada and Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-1700m |
Description | viscid, lower leaves oblanceolate, to 7cm, upper leaves leaves more narrow, to 5cm, oblong, carnose, inflorescence with broad bracts, flowers glabrous, staminodium lanate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |