Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Penstemon tolmiei Hook. sect. Penstemon |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor. Amer. 2: 98 (1838) |
Native Range | ec. British Columbia to e. Washington |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2300m |
Description | caespitose, glabrous, leaves lanceolate, acute, coriaceous, entire, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile, thyrsus interrupted, whorls dense, many flowered, corolla 8-11mm |
Size | 3-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 |
Synonyms | Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei (Hook.) Cronquist Penstemon procerus ssp. tolmiei (Hook.) D.D.Keck Penstemon tolmiei ssp. typicus D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |