Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon comarrhenus A.Gray sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 81 (1877) |
Native Range | Nevada to Colorado and New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2800m |
Description | glabrous or finely pubescent, blue-grey, leaves linear-spathulate, petiolate, stem leaves linear, inflorescence elongate, secund, flowers 25mm long, staminodium glabrous |
Size | 30-80cm |
Color | lavender-blue, pale 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) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |