Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon rhizomatosus N.H.Holmgren sect. Saccanthera |
Bibliography | Brittonia 50: 162 (1998) |
Native Range | Nevada (Shell Creek Range) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | stems appresed white hirsute, stem leaves opposite, abaxially glabrous, adaxially white hirsute, lanceolate, thyrsus interrupted, secund, corolla infundibuliform, 1-2cm |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | violet, red-purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |