Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon lemhiensis (D.D.Keck) D.D.Keck & Cronquist sect. Glabri |
Bibliography | Brittonia 8: 248 (1957) |
Native Range | Idaho to Montana |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | leaves thick, rigid, finely strigose, oblong-spathulate, inflorescence lax, verticillate, staminodium glabrous, pollen sacs sigmoid, subglabrous |
Size | 25-70cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | summer |
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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 speciosus ssp. lemhiensis D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana) |