Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon roseus (Cerv. ex Sweet) G.Don sect. Campanulati |
Bibliography | Hort. Brit. [J.C.Loudon]: 243 (1830) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves glabrous, denticulate, 12-30mm long, flowers 15-20mm, infundibuliform |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | purplish red, scarlet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Chelone rosea Cerv. ex Sweet Penstemon campanulatus f. roseus (Cerv. ex Sweet) Voss Penstemon kunthii G.Don |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |