| Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Penstemon confertus Douglas sect. Penstemon |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1260 (1829) |
| Native Range | Alaska to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 300-2400m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves mainly on stem, lanceolate, to 10cm long, inflorescence densely verticillate, flowers 8-12mm with narrow tube, undistinctly bilabiate, staminodium barbate |
| Size | 5-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, 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 | Penstemon confertus var. attenuatus M.E.Jones Penstemon confertus var. caeruleopurpureus A.Gray Penstemon confertus var. rigidus Jeps. Penstemon confertus var. violaceus Trautv. Penstemon depressus Greene Penstemon lassenianus Greene Penstemon washoensis Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |