Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon crandallii A.Nelson sect. Caespitosi |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 354 (1899) |
Native Range | Colorado to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-3400m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate 10-28mm long, glabrate or scabrous, entire, corolla 14-20mm long, tubular, with longer lower lip |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Penstemon crandallii ssp. typicus D.D.Keck Penstemon suffrutescens Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. |